Senate roll call 489 · 63rd Congress · Jan 18, 1915
To concur in the report of the committee of rules, which reports favorabley the temporary suspension of the rule xvi, paragraph 3, which states "no amendment WH
On Jan 18, 1915, the Senate voted 38–40 (HR 19422). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–25, Republicans 21–17, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 40
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 18, 1915
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- 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
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- 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
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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