Senate roll call 12 · 64th Congress · Feb 2, 1916
To amend an amendment to S. 381, so that the amendment authorizes the pres. To withdraw complete sovereignty over the philippine islands within 2 years after TH
On Feb 2, 1916, the Senate voted 41–41 (S 381). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–12, Republicans 5–30. 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
- 41
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 2, 1916
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 12 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 30 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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