Senate roll call 146 · 63rd Congress · Oct 3, 1913
To concur in the amendm&NT to H. R. 7898, which amendment abolishes the court of commerce providing that nothing in this act shall effect the terms of circuit c
On Oct 3, 1913, the Senate voted 17–22 (HR 7898). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–20, Republicans 6–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 17
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Oct 3, 1913
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 1 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain 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
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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