Senate roll call 227 · 65th Congress · Mar 21, 1918
To suspend paragraph 3 rule xiv, prohibiting the reception of general legislature to any general appropriation, motion made during debate on H.R. 9054, in order
On Mar 21, 1918, the Senate voted 48–22 (HR 9054). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–17, Republicans 30–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 48
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 21, 1918
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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