Senate roll call 396 · 62nd Congress · Mar 3, 1913
To agree to the conference report on H.R. 28766, (37 stat. 866, 3-4-13), a bill to increase the limit cost of certain buildings; to authorize the enlargement, e
On Mar 3, 1913, the Senate voted 44–16 (HR 28766). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–9, Democrats 19–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 44
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Mar 3, 1913
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 7 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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