Senate roll call 203 · 64th Congress · Aug 1, 1916
To amend the district columbia appropriation bill H.R. 15774, (39 stat. 676, 9-1-16), by providing that the district of columbia be hereafter known as the city
On Aug 1, 1916, the Senate voted 12–53 (HR 15774). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–36, Republicans 7–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Aug 1, 1916
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 36 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt 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
- 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
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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