Senate roll call 191 · 65th Congress · Jan 15, 1918
To pass S.J. RES. 101. (p. 888-1)
On Jan 15, 1918, the Senate voted 32–36 (SJR 101). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–12, Republicans 5–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 32
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 15, 1918
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 26 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-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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