Senate roll call 472 · 63rd Congress · Dec 31, 1914
To amend H. R. 6060, by refusing admission to turks and east indians.
On Dec 31, 1914, the Senate voted 10–43 (HR 6060). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–21, Republicans 2–21, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Dec 31, 1914
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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