Senate roll call 401 · 64th Congress · Mar 2, 1917
To amend H.R. 20632, by authorizing the secretary of the navy to expend $30,000 for the purchase and testing of one talbot boiler to ascertain the feasibility o
On Mar 2, 1917, the Senate voted 36–25 (HR 20632). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–2, Republicans 4–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 36
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 2, 1917
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith 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
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- 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
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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