To consider the conference report on H.R. 10385, (39 stat. 159, 5-18-16), a bill appropriating for the current and contingent expenses of the bureau of indian a

On May 8, 1916, the Senate voted 29–39 (HR 10385). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–32, Republicans 21–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 29
No: 39
Did not vote: 30
Date: May 8, 1916

By party

Democrats9 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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