Senate roll call 155 · 64th Congress · Jun 26, 1916
To amend am amendment to H.J.RES. 242, (c 211-39 stat. 339, 7-1-16), authorizing the President to draft members of the national guard and of the organized milit
On Jun 26, 1916, the Senate voted 17–58 (HJR 242). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–31, Republicans 1–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 17
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 26, 1916
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 31 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 30 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Taggart D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-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
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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