Senate roll call 359 · 64th Congress · Feb 26, 1917
To amend H.R. 14777, by eliminating the section of bill which provides that the states along the mississippi river pay one-third toward the cost of repair in co
On Feb 26, 1917, the Senate voted 20–32 (HR 14777). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–28, Republicans 13–4. 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
- 20
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Feb 26, 1917
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 28 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee 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
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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