Senate roll call 57 · 65th Congress · May 29, 1917
To amend S. 2344, a bill providing further for the national security and defense, by reducing the appropriation used for procuring, storing and furnishing seeds
On May 29, 1917, the Senate voted 18–36 (S 2344). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–26, Republicans 13–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 18
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- May 29, 1917
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 26 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- 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
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-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
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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