Senate roll call 175 · 64th Congress · Jul 12, 1916
To suspend operation of clause 3 of rule xvi in order to amend H.R. 1271, which amendment permits the admission of cattle from tick infested mexico, south and c
On Jul 12, 1916, the Senate voted 18–44 (HR 1271). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–22, Republicans 1–24. 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
- 18
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 12, 1916
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 22 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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