Senate roll call 45 · 64th Congress · Mar 3, 1916
To table the amendment to S. 3331, which amendment provides that the government pay to the grantee the value of the property, less the net surplus earned over t
On Mar 3, 1916, the Senate voted 4–54 (S 3331). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–34, Republicans 1–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 4
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 3, 1916
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 34 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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