Senate roll call 439 · 63rd Congress · Sep 26, 1914
To adjourn, a motion made during debate on S. 392. (p.15793 -2)
On Sep 26, 1914, the Senate voted 16–22. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–10, Republicans 0–12, Others 0–1. 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
- 16
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Sep 26, 1914
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 10 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 12 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- 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
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen 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
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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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