To amend H.R. 7237, by providing that postal employees, entitled to compensatory time for sunday or holiday service, may if they so elect, be paid overtime, in

On May 16, 1918, the Senate voted 26–21 (HR 7237). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Republicans 13–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 21
Did not vote: 64
Date: May 16, 1918

By party

Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 8 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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