Senate roll call 344 · 65th Congress · Jan 15, 1919
To amend H.R. 11984, by requiring supervisors to take examinations in conformity with the civil service act and rules in order for appointment, and not to be ap
On Jan 15, 1919, the Senate voted 27–25 (HR 11984). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–1, Democrats 0–24. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 27
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Jan 15, 1919
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 24 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- 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
- William Musgrave Calder 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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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