Senate roll call 243 · 65th Congress · Apr 29, 1918
To amend S. 3771, by restricting the authority of the President granted under this act to executive bureaus, agencies, and offices directly connected with war p
On Apr 29, 1918, the Senate voted 30–43 (S 3771). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–37, Republicans 26–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 30
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 29, 1918
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 37 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL 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
- David Baird R-NJ voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- 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
- 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- 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
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- 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
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-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
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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