Senate roll call 251 · 65th Congress · May 14, 1918
To amend H.R. 7237, by eliminating the appropriation of $100,000 for aeroplanes for mail service and the fixing of the amount of airmail postage at 24 cents per
On May 14, 1918, the Senate voted 24–32 (HR 7237). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–26, Republicans 23–6. 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
- 24
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- May 14, 1918
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 26 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Walter Guion D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR 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
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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