Senate roll call 304 · 63rd Congress · Jun 24, 1914
To table an amendment to H. R. 12579, which amendment provides that out of sum appropriated not more than $100,000 be expended unless attorney general rules tha
On Jun 24, 1914, the Senate voted 19–31 (HR 12579). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–17, Republicans 3–13, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jun 24, 1914
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 13 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Sutherland R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- 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
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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