Senate roll call 437 · 63rd Congress · Sep 25, 1914
To amend to committee of the whole section 2 of H. R. 14233 (38 stat. L. 741, app. 10/20/1914), a bill providing for the leasing of coal lands in alaska, by sub
On Sep 25, 1914, the Senate voted 11–35 (HR 14233). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–30, Republicans 7–6, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 11
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Sep 25, 1914
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 30 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 6 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Harry Lane D-OR
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- 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
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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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