Senate roll call 280 · 65th Congress · Jun 27, 1918
To refer to the committee on finance S. 4763, a bill providing for the taxation of articles and commodities produced by use of child labor. ((p. 8341-1)
On Jun 27, 1918, the Senate voted 41–42 (S 4763). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–20, Republicans 15–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 41
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 27, 1918
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- David Baird R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- 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
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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