Senate roll call 26 · 65th Congress · Apr 30, 1917
To amend s.j.r. 42, by providing that any vessel seized may be condemned in any court having admiralty jurisdiction over place where vessel was taken, and denyi
On Apr 30, 1917, the Senate voted 3–66 (SJR 42). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–33, Republicans 0–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 3 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
- 3
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 30, 1917
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 33 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 33 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- William Henry King D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-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
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- 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
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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