Senate roll call 163 · 66th Congress · Dec 20, 1919
To adopt a substitute for HR 10453, which would extend federal control of railroads for an additional two years after the passage of this act.
On Dec 20, 1919, the Senate voted 11–65 (HR 10453). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–39, Democrats 8–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 20, 1919
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 28 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 39 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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