Senate roll call 343 · 65th Congress · Jan 15, 1919
To agree to a committee amendment to H.R. 11984 (stat-40-l1291, 3/3/19), a bill providing for the 14 and subsequent decennial census, by increasing from $7,000
On Jan 15, 1919, the Senate voted 34–27 (HR 11984). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–7, Republicans 9–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 34
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jan 15, 1919
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 7 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- Harry Stewart New R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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