Senate roll call 423 · 63rd Congress · Sep 11, 1914
To amend S. 6398, by adding an additional section to the bill extending the benefits and provisions of the vreelandaldrich act, approved may 30, 1908 to all sta
On Sep 11, 1914, the Senate voted 32–19 (S 6398). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–10, Republicans 8–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 32
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Sep 11, 1914
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- 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
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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