Senate roll call 70 · 64th Congress · Mar 22, 1916
To amend S. 4876, by raising the maximum age limit from 22 to 25 years so as to enable the President to make appointments to west point from the regular army or
On Mar 22, 1916, the Senate voted 28–37 (S 4876). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–13, Republicans 2–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 22, 1916
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 24 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman 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
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- 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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