Senate roll call 12 · 66th Congress · Jun 4, 1919
To amend HJR 1, by giving the various states the right to enact and enforce laws giving women the right to vote, instead of providing for a constitutional amend
On Jun 4, 1919, the Senate voted 19–62 (HJR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–45, Democrats 19–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jun 4, 1919
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 45 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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