Senate roll call 150 · 63rd Congress · Oct 23, 1913
To amend S. 136 (38 stat. 1164, 3/4/1915), a bill promoting the welfare of american seamen in the U.S. Merchant marine, abolishing arrest and imprisonment as a
On Oct 23, 1913, the Senate voted 12–36 (S 136). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–24, Republicans 7–12, Others 0–1. 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
- 36
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Oct 23, 1913
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 24 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- 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
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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