Senate roll call 260 · 65th Congress · May 20, 1918
To amend H.R. 10069, by providing that in the year ending june 30, 1919, no new work shall be undertaken exceeding in cost $100,000, provided that this amendmen
On May 20, 1918, the Senate voted 23–30 (HR 10069). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–26, Republicans 18–4. 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
- 23
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- May 20, 1918
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 26 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 4 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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