To amend H.R. 12863, BT excluding from direct tax all automobile wagons, automobile trailers, or tractors.

On Dec 23, 1918, the Senate voted 33–28 (HR 12863). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–15, Republicans 17–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: 33
No: 28
Did not vote: 49
Date: Dec 23, 1918

By party

Democrats17 yes · 15 no · 30 didn’t vote
Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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