Senate roll call 128 · 64th Congress · May 23, 1916
To amend H.R. 12193, by increasing appropriation of $1,200,000 to $1,500,000 for continuing improvement on the mississippi river from its mouth to minneapolis,
On May 23, 1916, the Senate voted 48–15 (HR 12193). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–9, Republicans 15–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 48
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 23, 1916
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- 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
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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