Senate roll call 336 · 64th Congress · Feb 15, 1917
To amend an amendment to H.R. 19410, by providing that this additional section, proposing to bar from the mails letters newspapers or other publications contain
On Feb 15, 1917, the Senate voted 11–47 (HR 19410). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–27, Republicans 4–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 11
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 15, 1917
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 27 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- 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
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- 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
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- 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
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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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