Senate roll call 257 · 65th Congress · May 18, 1918
To amend H.R. 10069, by providing that no appropriation be made for new improvments, or continued improvment work other than is necessary to complete dams and d
On May 18, 1918, the Senate voted 23–30 (HR 10069). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–26, Republicans 17–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 23
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- May 18, 1918
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 26 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 5 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman 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
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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