Senate roll call 145 · 64th Congress · May 29, 1916
To pass H.R. 12193.
On May 29, 1916, the Senate voted 35–32 (HR 12193). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–11, Republicans 8–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 35
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 29, 1916
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 11 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
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- 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
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.