Senate roll call 240 · 64th Congress · Sep 5, 1916
To amend H.R. 16763, by increasing the salary of each member of the tariff commission from $7,500. To $10,000. (p. 13795-1)
On Sep 5, 1916, the Senate voted 18–35 (HR 16763). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–25, Republicans 8–11. 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
- 35
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Sep 5, 1916
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 25 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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