Senate roll call 55 · 64th Congress · Mar 8, 1916
To reconsider vote by which the Senate refused to concur in the amendment to S. 3331, which amendment gives preference to applicant offering in good faith to TH
On Mar 8, 1916, the Senate voted 26–40 (S 3331). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–19, Republicans 6–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 26
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 8, 1916
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- 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
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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