Senate roll call 275 · 64th Congress · Dec 22, 1916
To adjourn, a motion made during debate on S. 392. (p. 676-1)
On Dec 22, 1916, the Senate voted 14–33. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 0–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 14
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Dec 22, 1916
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-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
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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