Senate roll call 138 · 64th Congress · May 26, 1916
To amend H.R. 12193, by eliminating appropriation of $5000 for maintenance of improvement of nanticoke river and northwest fork of nanticoke river (marshy hope
On May 26, 1916, the Senate voted 19–31 (HR 12193). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–26, Republicans 15–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 19
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- May 26, 1916
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 26 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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