Senate roll call 272 · 63rd Congress · Jun 1, 1914
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 14034, which amendment eliminates language providing that one of the battleships hereby authorized shall be built and constru
On Jun 1, 1914, the Senate voted 15–41 (HR 14034). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–18, Republicans 2–23. 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
- 15
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jun 1, 1914
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 18 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Stanley West D-GA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO 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
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- 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
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith 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
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the amendment to H. R. 14034…: Senate Vote, Jun 1, 1914,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/63-S-272/to-agree-to-the-amendment-to-h-r-14034 (accessed 2026-10-17).