Senate roll call 66 · 64th Congress · Mar 21, 1916
To amend S. 1417, providing for the manufacture of armor by authorizing the secretary of the navy, that before he proceed under the provisions of this act, he n
On Mar 21, 1916, the Senate voted 25–60 (S 1417). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–51, Republicans 26–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 25
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 21, 1916
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 51 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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