Senate roll call 295 · 63rd Congress · Jun 18, 1914
To remove the injunction of secrecy from vote taken april 24, 1914 on the confirmation of robert h. Terrell as judge of the municipal court of the district of c
On Jun 18, 1914, the Senate voted 39–24. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–24, Republicans 25–0. 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
- 39
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 18, 1914
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 24 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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