Senate roll call 158 · 66th Congress · Dec 19, 1919
To amend HR 10453, by eliminating sections 29, 30 and 31 thereof, which sections provide that if 2 on more railroad employees walk out of, quit or retire from t
On Dec 19, 1919, the Senate voted 24–39 (HR 10453). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–31, Democrats 19–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Dec 19, 1919
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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