Senate roll call 119 · 63rd Congress · Sep 8, 1913
To amendh. R. 3321, by fixing an inheritance tax on all property inherited above $50,000, which shall gradually be increased to 75% on all values over $50,000,0
On Sep 8, 1913, the Senate voted 12–58 (HR 3321). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–45, Republicans 12–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 63rd Congress (1913–1914), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Sep 8, 1913
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 45 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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