To recommit to committee on commerce S. 3331. (p. 3754-2)

On Mar 8, 1916, the Senate voted 19–49 (S 3331). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–30, Republicans 5–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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: 19
No: 49
Did not vote: 27
Date: Mar 8, 1916

By party

Democrats14 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit to committee on commerce S…: Senate Vote, Mar 8, 1916,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/64-S-56/to-recommit-to-committee-on-commerce-s-3331-p (accessed 2026-10-16).