Senate roll call 356 · 65th Congress · Feb 7, 1919
To amend H.R. 13308, by making appropriations aggregating $125,000,000 in aid to the state for the building of post roads, to relieve unemployment caused by the
On Feb 7, 1919, the Senate voted 25–40 (HR 13308). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–32, Republicans 23–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 25
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 7, 1919
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 32 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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