Senate roll call 232 · 65th Congress · Mar 26, 1918
To amend H.R. 8696 (stat-40-l-561, 5/25/18), a bill making indian affairs appropriations for fiscal 1919, by raising from $250,000 to $500,000 the appropriation
On Mar 26, 1918, the Senate voted 16–25 (HR 8696). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–9, Republicans 2–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 16
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Mar 26, 1918
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 16 no · 31 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- David Baird R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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