Senate roll call 388 · 63rd Congress · Aug 31, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by making it unlawful for one corporation to own stock not only in corporations of the same line of business but also those in different l
On Aug 31, 1914, the Senate voted 18–36 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–22, Republicans 6–13, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Aug 31, 1914
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 22 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 13 no · 25 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver 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
- 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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