Senate roll call 428 · 63rd Congress · Sep 18, 1914
To decide point of order a motion made during debate on H. R. 13811, which provides that a senator having possession of the floor could not yield for a question
On Sep 18, 1914, the Senate voted 15–35 (HR 13811). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–20, Republicans 0–16, 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
- 15
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Sep 18, 1914
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 16 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
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
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-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
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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