Senate roll call 69 · 64th Congress · Mar 22, 1916
To reconsider vote by which was adopted amendment as made in the committee of the whole to S. 4876, (app. 5-4-16), a bill to provide for an increase in the numb
On Mar 22, 1916, the Senate voted 43–22 (S 4876). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–20, Republicans 23–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 43
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 22, 1916
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- 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
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Taggart D-IN
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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