Senate roll call 300 · 65th Congress · Aug 26, 1918
To amend S. 4856 (n.p.), a bill amending an act authorizing the President to increase, temporarily, the military establishment of the U.S., by allowing the wiv
On Aug 26, 1918, the Senate voted 30–40 (S 4856). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–9, Republicans 2–32. 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
- 30
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Aug 26, 1918
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 32 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Walter Guion D-LA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- David Baird R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- 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
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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