Senate roll call 79 · 64th Congress · Apr 6, 1916
To amend H.R. 12766, by eliminating section 56, which would authorize the President at any time to organize, maintain, and train volunteer forces not exceeding
On Apr 6, 1916, the Senate voted 34–36 (HR 12766). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–19, Republicans 11–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 34
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 6, 1916
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- 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
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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