Senate roll call 98 · 65th Congress · Jul 21, 1917
To amend H.R. 4961, by appropriating $50,000 for expenses of a joint committee on expenditures in the conduct of the war to be appointed from Senate and house,
On Jul 21, 1917, the Senate voted 53–31 (HR 4961). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–31, Republicans 38–0. 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
- 53
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 21, 1917
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 31 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean 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
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- 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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