Senate roll call 485 · 63rd Congress · Jan 13, 1915
To proceed to the consideration of the report of the committee on rules in favor of the suspension of paragraph 3 of rule xvi which provides that no amendment s
On Jan 13, 1915, the Senate voted 49–23 (HR 19422). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–16, Republicans 25–7, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 49
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 13, 1915
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- 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 Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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