Senate roll call 213 · 63rd Congress · Mar 2, 1914
To table S. J. RES. 1, proposing an amendment to the United States constitution extending the right of suffrage to women. (p.4136-1)
On Mar 2, 1914, the Senate voted 14–47 (SJR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–34, Democrats 15–17, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 14
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 2, 1914
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 17 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 34 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot 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
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- 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
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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