Senate roll call 474 · 63rd Congress · Jan 2, 1915
To amend H. R. 6060, by eliminating proviso giving an informer of a violator of this act the right to the entire penalty, thus discouraging blackmail and perjur
On Jan 2, 1915, the Senate voted 18–29 (HR 6060). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–19, Republicans 10–9, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jan 2, 1915
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
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 Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- 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
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- 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
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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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