Senate roll call 403 · 64th Congress · Mar 2, 1917
To amend H.R. 20632, by authorizing the secretary of treasury to create a naval emergency fund, not to exceed $150,000 000, $35,000,000 of said, to be used to b
On Mar 2, 1917, the Senate voted 50–24 (HR 20632). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–5, Republicans 12–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 2, 1917
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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