Senate roll call 58 · 65th Congress · Jun 1, 1917
To amend H.R. 4188 (stat-40-l-273, 8/10/17), a bill to provide further nat'l defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultura
On Jun 1, 1917, the Senate voted 17–40 (HR 4188). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–26, Democrats 14–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jun 1, 1917
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- George Brown Martin 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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