Senate roll call 272 · 65th Congress · Jun 12, 1918
To amend S. RES. 235, by limiting its application to the calendar year 1918 and not the duration of the war as proposed. (p. 7658-2)
On Jun 12, 1918, the Senate voted 29–41 (SRE 235). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–33, Republicans 26–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 29
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 12, 1918
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 33 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. 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
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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