Senate roll call 18 · 64th Congress · Feb 4, 1916
To amend S. 381, by having the President invite the cooperation of the principal nations especially interested in the affairs of that part of the world in which
On Feb 4, 1916, the Senate voted 17–59 (S 381). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–29, Republicans 3–30. 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
- 59
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 4, 1916
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 29 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 30 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- 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
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks 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
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- 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
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- 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
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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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