Senate roll call 118 · 64th Congress · May 15, 1916
To confirm the nomination of george rublee as a member of the federal trade commission. (p. 7961-2)
On May 15, 1916, the Senate voted 36–42. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–15, Republicans 5–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 36
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 15, 1916
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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