Senate roll call 481 · 63rd Congress · Jan 12, 1915
To refer to the committee on rules, a notice given by morris sheppard (d. - texas) of intention to suspend the rules and move an amendment to the district of co
On Jan 12, 1915, the Senate voted 37–34 (HR 19422). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–15, Republicans 14–19, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 37
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 12, 1915
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot 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
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- 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
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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