Senate roll call 384 · 65th Congress · Aug 4, 1918
To amend H.R. 8753, a bill amending section #3, title 1 of an act punishing seditious acts and utterances, by making it punishable by law for any person to wilf
On Aug 4, 1918, the Senate voted 34–28 (HR 8753). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–24, Republicans 20–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 34
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Aug 4, 1918
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 24 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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