Senate roll call 43 · 64th Congress · Mar 2, 1916
To amend S. 3331, by limiting the rule for determining valuation of the property purchased from the grantees by the government to the physical assets only, elim
On Mar 2, 1916, the Senate voted 21–29 (S 3331). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–18, Republicans 6–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Mar 2, 1916
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 18 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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