Senate roll call 263 · 65th Congress · May 24, 1918
To amend S. 4557 (stat-40-l-617, 6/27/18), a bill to provide for vocational rehabilitation and return to civil employment of disabled persons discharged from TH
On May 24, 1918, the Senate voted 22–36 (S 4557). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–28, Republicans 19–8. 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
- 22
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- May 24, 1918
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 28 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- 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 Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- 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
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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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