Senate roll call 285 · 63rd Congress · Jun 11, 1914
To amend H. R. 14385, in the nature of a substitute, by providing that the United States shall assert its right to discreminate in favor of U.S. Commercial shi
On Jun 11, 1914, the Senate voted 33–50 (HR 14385). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–37, Republicans 24–14, Others 1–0. 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
- 33
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 11, 1914
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 37 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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