Senate roll call 160 · 66th Congress · Dec 19, 1919
To amend HR 10453, by depriving the interstate commerce commission of the authority to allow higher charges for hauling freight a short distance than for haulin
On Dec 19, 1919, the Senate voted 19–41 (HR 10453). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–25, Democrats 12–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 41
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 19, 1919
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 25 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Frost Nugent D-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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- 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
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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