Senate roll call 16 · 64th Congress · Feb 4, 1916
To amend an amendment to S. 381, in order to eliminate provision giving the President of the U.S. Power to withold the grant of independence, issue a proclamati
On Feb 4, 1916, the Senate voted 17–60 (S 381). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–30, Republicans 2–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 60
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 4, 1916
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 30 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 30 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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