Senate roll call 270 · 63rd Congress · May 29, 1914
To agree to the amendment as amended to H. R. 14034 (38 stat. 392, a bill making appropriations for the naval service for fiscal 1915, by striking out the provi
On May 29, 1914, the Senate voted 16–30 (HR 14034). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–17, Republicans 3–14, 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
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- May 29, 1914
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 17 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 14 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Stanley West D-GA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose 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
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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