Senate roll call 442 · 63rd Congress · Oct 5, 1914
To recommit to the conference committee a report on H. R. 15657. (p.16168-1)
On Oct 5, 1914, the Senate voted 25–35 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–33, Republicans 23–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 25
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Oct 5, 1914
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 33 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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