Senate roll call 90 · 65th Congress · Jul 19, 1917
To amend H.R. 4961, by bringing fertilizers and their ingredients under government control. (p. 5267-1)
On Jul 19, 1917, the Senate voted 27–50 (HR 4961). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–33, Republicans 18–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 27
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 19, 1917
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 33 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins 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
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- 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
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Irving Webster Drew R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Baird R-NJ
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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