Senate roll call 368 · 64th Congress · Feb 28, 1917
To amend H.R. 20573, by exempting from income tax the proceeds from life insurance policies, annuity contracts, compensation of the present U.S. President, duri
On Feb 28, 1917, the Senate voted 29–48 (HR 20573). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–46, Republicans 29–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 29
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 28, 1917
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 46 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern 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
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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