Senate roll call 180 · 65th Congress · Dec 12, 1917
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2316 (stat-40l/516), a bill for the promotion of export trade. (p. 179-1)
On Dec 12, 1917, the Senate voted 11–47 (HR 2316). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–27, Republicans 6–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Dec 12, 1917
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 27 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 20 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- 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
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh 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
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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