Senate roll call 383 · 65th Congress · Mar 3, 1919
To table an amendment to H.J. RES. 436, a resolution providing for the appointment by each member of the House Of Representatives of one secretary and one clerk
On Mar 3, 1919, the Senate voted 44–42 (HJR 436). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–37, Republicans 36–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 44
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 3, 1919
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 37 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- 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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