Senate roll call 99 · 65th Congress · Jul 21, 1917
To amend H.R. 4961, by appropriating $10,000,000 to procure stocks of nitrate of soda, for use in increasing agricultural production, proceeds from its disposit
On Jul 21, 1917, the Senate voted 50–29 (HR 4961). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–5, Republicans 12–24. 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
- 50
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 21, 1917
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 5 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- 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
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Paul Oscar Husting D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Brown Martin D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Walter Guion D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-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
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Christie Benet D-SC
- William Pegues Pollock D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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