Senate roll call 286 · 65th Congress · Jul 1, 1918
To pass S. 268, a resolution instructing the conferees on H.R. 9054, agricultural appropriations, to recede from a Senate amendment increasing the price of whea
On Jul 1, 1918, the Senate voted 19–46 (S 268). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–20, Republicans 2–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 19
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jul 1, 1918
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 28 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- 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
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-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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