Senate roll call 151 · 64th Congress · Jun 23, 1916
To amend H.R. 10484, by proposing that the interstate commerce commission investigate railway mail rates and report findings to the post master general for read
On Jun 23, 1916, the Senate voted 25–34 (HR 10484). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–18, Republicans 7–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 23, 1916
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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