Senate roll call 13 · 63rd Congress · May 14, 1913
To adjourn until 12 o'clock, a motion made during consideration of S. RES. 37, authorizing an investigation of conditions in the point creek district, west virg
On May 14, 1913, the Senate voted 44–27. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–25, Republicans 31–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 44
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 14, 1913
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 25 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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