Senate roll call 241 · 65th Congress · Apr 27, 1918
To amend S. 3771, by providing that the interstate commerce commission shall be exempt from its provisions. (p. 5700-1)
On Apr 27, 1918, the Senate voted 35–42 (S 3771). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–34, Republicans 27–8. 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
- 35
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 27, 1918
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 34 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- David Baird R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby 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
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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