Senate roll call 314 · 65th Congress · Sep 6, 1918
To amend H.R. 11945, by providing that, immediately after june 30, 1919, the President appoint a commission of three to fix the value of all distilled spirits i
On Sep 6, 1918, the Senate voted 15–36 (HR 11945). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–21, Republicans 4–21. 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
- 15
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Sep 6, 1918
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 21 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Walter Guion D-LA voted yes
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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
- 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen 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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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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