Senate roll call 147 · 66th Congress · Dec 17, 1919
To amend S. 3288, so as to eliminate discrimination in freight and passenger rates favoring long hauls.
On Dec 17, 1919, the Senate voted 25–41 (S 3288). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–28, Democrats 17–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 25
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 17, 1919
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 28 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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