Senate roll call 110 · 65th Congress · Jul 26, 1917
To amend H.R. 4285, by appropriating $15,000,000 to be expended by SEC. Of war for maintenance and improvements of rivers and harbors. (p. 5521-1)
On Jul 26, 1917, the Senate voted 17–45 (HR 4285). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–29, Republicans 12–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 65th Congress (1917–1918), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jul 26, 1917
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 29 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone 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
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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