Senate roll call 101 · 64th Congress · Apr 18, 1916
To amend an amendment to H.R. 12766, by fixing at 200,000 men the number of the standing army, except in time of actual or threatened war.
On Apr 18, 1916, the Senate voted 32–42 (HR 12766). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–22, Republicans 10–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 18, 1916
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 20 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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