Senate roll call 386 · 63rd Congress · Aug 31, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by preventing the formation of holding companies by making it unlawful for any corporation to acquire directly or indirectly the capital s
On Aug 31, 1914, the Senate voted 21–26 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–15, Republicans 4–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Aug 31, 1914
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 15 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 11 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- 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
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- 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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