To provide that the unanimous consent agreement entered into yesterday to vote on S. 4043, (passed over veto chap. 90, 37 stat. L. 699, app. 3-1-1913), a bill t

On Jan 11, 1913, the Senate voted 40–17 (S 4043). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–13, Democrats 22–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.

During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 40
No: 17
Did not vote: 49
Date: Jan 11, 1913

By party

Democrats22 yes · 6 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 13 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Norris Brown R-NE voted no
Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Newell Sanders R-TN voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To provide that the unanimous consent…: Senate Vote, Jan 11, 1913,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-294/to-provide-that-the-unanimous-consent-agreement-entered-into (accessed 2026-10-17).