Senate roll call 459 · 63rd Congress · Dec 18, 1914
To consider S. 392, a bill to creat in the war and navy department a roll of retired civil war volunteer officers. (p.334-2)
On Dec 18, 1914, the Senate voted 38–32 (S 392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–31, Republicans 30–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 38
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 18, 1914
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- 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
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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