Senate roll call 251 · 64th Congress · Dec 7, 1916
To amend an amendment to S. 706, by changing the power to decide efficiency of circuit and district judges from the President of the U.S. To the chief justice.
On Dec 7, 1916, the Senate voted 24–28 (S 706). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–1, Democrats 0–28. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 24
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Dec 7, 1916
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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