Senate roll call 365 · 63rd Congress · Aug 21, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by extending provision of act so as to punish those officers of corporations dealing in interstate commerce who intentionally or negligent
On Aug 21, 1914, the Senate voted 26–26 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–26, Republicans 17–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Aug 21, 1914
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 1 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- 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
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- 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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