Senate roll call 85 · 64th Congress · Apr 14, 1916
To amend H.R. 12766, by authorizing the secretary of the war to make a contract with the owners of an air-nitrogen process, for the use, rental, lease or purcha
On Apr 14, 1916, the Senate voted 12–48 (HR 12766). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–22, Republicans 0–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 12
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 14, 1916
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 27 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- 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
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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