Senate roll call 162 · 63rd Congress · Dec 17, 1913
To table an amendment to H. R. 7837, which amendment extends from 90 to 180 days the time of maturity of paper submitted to the federal reserve bank. (p.1061-2
On Dec 17, 1913, the Senate voted 39–34 (HR 7837). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–2, Republicans 0–33, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 39
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Dec 17, 1913
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 33 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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