Senate roll call 212 · 63rd Congress · Feb 28, 1914
To amend H. R. 11338, by providing that no part of the appropriation be expended in carrying packages of more than 50 pounds in weight unless the rates be fair
On Feb 28, 1914, the Senate voted 20–29 (HR 11338). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–24, Republicans 16–4, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 28, 1914
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 24 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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