To suspend the rules, made during debate on H.R. 9054, in order to present an amendment allowing time and a half for overtime to government clerks. (p. 3834-1)

On Mar 21, 1918, the Senate voted 33–24 (HR 9054). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–17, Republicans 18–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 33
No: 24
Did not vote: 51
Date: Mar 21, 1918

By party

Democrats16 yes · 17 no · 29 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 9 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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