Senate roll call 305 · 65th Congress · Aug 27, 1918
To amend H.R. 12731, by making the minimum draft age 19 years instead of 18 years. (p. 9570-1)
On Aug 27, 1918, the Senate voted 14–58 (HR 12731). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–34, Republicans 9–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 14
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Aug 27, 1918
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 34 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Walter Guion D-LA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- 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
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- 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
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- 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
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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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