Senate roll call 31 · 65th Congress · May 4, 1917
To amend S. 2, a bill providing punishment for espionage, by authorizing suspension of exports to countries supplying the enemy, and making such exports unlawfu
On May 4, 1917, the Senate voted 40–30 (S 2). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–24, Republicans 27–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 40
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 4, 1917
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 24 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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