Senate roll call 94 · 64th Congress · Apr 18, 1916
To amend an amendment to H.R. 12766, by authorizing the secretary of war to detail for service as instructors in military tactics one or more commissioned offic
On Apr 18, 1916, the Senate voted 31–46 (HR 12766). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–30, Republicans 17–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 31
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 18, 1916
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 30 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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