Senate roll call 216 · 65th Congress · Mar 7, 1918
To amend S. 3714, by authorizing President to appoint, with Senate consent, a capital issues committee of five members, three of these members of the federal re
On Mar 7, 1918, the Senate voted 37–35 (S 3714). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–23, Republicans 20–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 37
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 7, 1918
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 23 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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