Senate roll call 247 · 63rd Congress · Apr 7, 1914
To table S. RES. 327, proposing to open executive sessions to the public except when treaties are considered or Senate orders otherwise; committee on rules to p
On Apr 7, 1914, the Senate voted 31–30 (SRE 327). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–12, Republicans 11–19, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 31
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Apr 7, 1914
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- 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 Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
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