Senate roll call 80 · 64th Congress · Apr 10, 1916
To consider S. 4856, (6-9-16), a bill granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows, dependent
On Apr 10, 1916, the Senate voted 36–24 (S 4856). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–24, Republicans 28–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 36
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 10, 1916
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 24 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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