Senate roll call 221 · 64th Congress · Aug 18, 1916
To amend H.R. 15455, by adding a provision excluding ships engaged only in foreign commerce from the regulatory provisions of the bill, so as to enable them to
On Aug 18, 1916, the Senate voted 21–40 (HR 15455). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–40, Republicans 22–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 64th Congress (1915–1916), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Aug 18, 1916
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 40 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- 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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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