Senate roll call 163 · 65th Congress · Sep 10, 1917
To amend H.R. 4280, by eliminating tax of one cent for each 25cents or fraction thereof charged for parcel post packages weighing more than four ounces. (p. 68
On Sep 10, 1917, the Senate voted 33–38 (HR 4280). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–17, Republicans 13–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 65th Congress (1917–1918), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Sep 10, 1917
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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