Senate roll call 335 · 65th Congress · Dec 21, 1918
To amend H.R. 12863, by substituting an excess war-profits tax of 70 per cent, with an exemption of 20 percent, for the 20 per cent and forty per cent excess PR
On Dec 21, 1918, the Senate voted 15–44 (HR 12863). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–22, Republicans 2–23. 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
- 44
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Dec 21, 1918
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 22 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 23 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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