Senate roll call 304 · 64th Congress · Jan 18, 1917
To agree to the amendment as amended to H.R. 18542, which amendment restores the salaries of the members of the farm labor board from $7500 to $10000 per annum
On Jan 18, 1917, the Senate voted 33–20 (HR 18542). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–15, Republicans 20–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 33
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jan 18, 1917
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 15 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- 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
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna 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
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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