Senate roll call 114 · 65th Congress · Aug 1, 1917
To amend S.J. RES. 17, a resolution proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the sale of liquor, by also prohibiting use or purchase of liqu
On Aug 1, 1917, the Senate voted 4–62 (SJR 17). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–37, Republicans 1–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 4
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Aug 1, 1917
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 37 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 29 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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