Senate roll call 325 · 64th Congress · Feb 7, 1917
To pass S. RES. 351, providing that the Senate approves the action taken by the President in severing diplomativ relations with germany as set forth in his addr
On Feb 7, 1917, the Senate voted 78–5 (SRE 351). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–2, Republicans 36–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 78
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Feb 7, 1917
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson 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
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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