Senate roll call 275 · 63rd Congress · Jun 4, 1914
To agree to the amendment as modified to S. 4522, an act regulating commerce and enlarging the power of the interstate commerce commission, so as to eliminate c
On Jun 4, 1914, the Senate voted 26–38 (S 4522). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–12, Republicans 2–25, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 26
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 4, 1914
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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