Senate roll call 176 · 65th Congress · Oct 4, 1917
To amend H.R. 5723, by permitting conversion of war risk insurance into standard forms of life insurance contracts and deducting premiums from pay received duri
On Oct 4, 1917, the Senate voted 28–40 (HR 5723). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–37, Republicans 30–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 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
- 40
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Oct 4, 1917
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 37 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- 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
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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