Senate roll call 235 · 65th Congress · Mar 29, 1918
To amend S.J. RES. 124 (stat-40-l-557, 5/20/18), a bill providing for registration for military service of all U.S. Male citizens or residents of U.S. Since 6
On Mar 29, 1918, the Senate voted 26–36 (SJR 124). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–32, Republicans 22–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 26
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Mar 29, 1918
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 32 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter 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
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-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
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S.J. RES. 124 (stat-40-l-557…: Senate Vote, Mar 29, 1918,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/65-S-235/to-amend-s-j-res-124-stat-40-l (accessed 2026-10-17).