Senate roll call 7 · 65th Congress · Apr 20, 1917
To amend S. 2, a bill providing for punishment of espionage, by striking the paragraph setting penalties for disclosing information about the plans or conduct o
On Apr 20, 1917, the Senate voted 34–40 (S 2). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–34, Republicans 27–8. 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
- 34
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Apr 20, 1917
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 34 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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