Senate roll call 316 · 65th Congress · Sep 13, 1918
To pass H.R. 12098 (stat-40-l-960, 9/19/18), a bill to establish a minimum wage board in the district of columbia and define its powers and duties so as to prov
On Sep 13, 1918, the Senate voted 36–12 (HR 12098). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–2, Democrats 14–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 36
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Sep 13, 1918
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 10 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Walter Guion D-LA voted no
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-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
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell 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
- Frank Billings Kellogg 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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