Senate roll call 445 · 63rd Congress · Oct 15, 1914
To amend H. R. 18891 (38 stat. 745, 10-22-1914), a bill increasing the internal revenue, by increasing the tax from 3 cents to 55 cents on each taxable gallon o
On Oct 15, 1914, the Senate voted 18–31 (HR 18891). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–14, Republicans 0–17, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Oct 15, 1914
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 17 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- William Stanley West D-GA voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- 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
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- 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
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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