Senate roll call 208 · 64th Congress · Aug 2, 1916
To amend H.R. 15774, by levying a tax of 4/10 of 1% on all money and credits invested in bonds and stocks of any person firm or corporation, or engaged in busin
On Aug 2, 1916, the Senate voted 51–12 (HR 15774). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–10, Republicans 23–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 51
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Aug 2, 1916
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks 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
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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