Senate roll call 51 · 65th Congress · May 15, 1917
To amend H.R. 3330 (stat-40-l-84, 5/22/17), a bill temporarily increasing the commissioned and enlisted strength of the navy and marine corps by creating a boar
On May 15, 1917, the Senate voted 24–36 (HR 3330). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–28, Republicans 20–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 24
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- May 15, 1917
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-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
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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