Senate roll call 402 · 63rd Congress · Sep 2, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by paying to person or persons, as a reward 10% of any sum recovered from penalties, fines, forfeitures or otherwise, who furnish evidence
On Sep 2, 1914, the Senate voted 14–38 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–22, Republicans 4–16, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 14
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Sep 2, 1914
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 16 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- 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
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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