To amend S. 2344, a bill providing further for the national security and defense, by reducing the appropriation to eradicate certain cattle diseases from $2,083

On May 28, 1917, the Senate voted 35–24 (S 2344). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–16, Republicans 19–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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: 35
No: 24
Did not vote: 52
Date: May 28, 1917

By party

Democrats16 yes · 16 no · 30 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 22 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
John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI 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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