Senate roll call 7 · 64th Congress · Jan 24, 1916
To proceed to consideration of S. 3518, (3-16-16), a bill granting pensions and increases of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certa
On Jan 24, 1916, the Senate voted 56–12 (S 3518). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–12, Republicans 35–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 56
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 24, 1916
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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