Senate roll call 262 · 65th Congress · May 22, 1918
To amend H.R. 10854 (stat-40-l-704, 7/1/18), a bill making naval appropriations for fiscal 1919, by eliminating that part of a paragraph proposing that no premi
On May 22, 1918, the Senate voted 37–21 (HR 10854). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–20, Republicans 26–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 37
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- May 22, 1918
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 20 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham 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
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- 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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