Senate roll call 202 · 65th Congress · Feb 22, 1918
To amend S. 3752, by eliminating the clause authorizing the President to purchase and sell securities of railroads using sums available from revolving fund. (p
On Feb 22, 1918, the Senate voted 11–58 (S 3752). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–34, Republicans 4–25. 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
- 58
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 22, 1918
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 34 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- 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
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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