To amend H.R. 5949 (stat-40-l-345, 10/6/17), a bill making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies for fiscal 1915, by providing $500,000 to be expended UN

On Sep 25, 1917, the Senate voted 28–26 (HR 5949). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–16, Republicans 11–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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: 28
No: 26
Did not vote: 56
Date: Sep 25, 1917

By party

Democrats17 yes · 16 no · 29 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
Harry Stewart New R-IN voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
William Joel Stone 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
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY 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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