To amend H.R. 15796, by excluding the guaranteeing of the price of spring wheat harvested in 1919 to producers who did not sow or produce spring wheat in 1918.

On Feb 27, 1919, the Senate voted 23–31 (HR 15796). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–16, Republicans 4–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 23
No: 31
Did not vote: 57
Date: Feb 27, 1919

By party

Democrats19 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 15 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
Harry Stewart New R-IN voted yes
William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted yes
Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted yes
William Pegues Pollock D-SC voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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