To amend H.R. 4280, by reducing rate of income tax on incomes of from $80,000 to $100,000 from 17.5% to 16%. (p. 6242-1)

On Aug 22, 1917, the Senate voted 26–37 (HR 4280). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–16, Democrats 10–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 26
No: 37
Did not vote: 44
Date: Aug 22, 1917

By party

Democrats10 yes · 22 no · 30 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted yes
Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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