Senate roll call 205 · 65th Congress · Feb 22, 1918
To amend S. 3752, by reducing from 18 months to 12 months the period of federal control after proclamation of peace terminating the war in which the united stat
On Feb 22, 1918, the Senate voted 29–45 (S 3752). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–37, Republicans 24–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 29
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 22, 1918
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 37 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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