Senate roll call 353 · 63rd Congress · Aug 11, 1914
To amend H. R. 18202 (38 stat. 698, 8/18/1914), a bill providing for the admission of foreign built ships to american registry, for the foreign trade, by requir
On Aug 11, 1914, the Senate voted 11–39 (HR 18202). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–27, Republicans 3–13, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 11
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Aug 11, 1914
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 27 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 13 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Reed Smoot R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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