Senate roll call 5 · 63rd Congress · Mar 17, 1913
To table S. RES. 14, providing that the prayers as delivered before the United States Senate by the chaplain, ulysses g. B. Pierce during the 62nd Congress, he
On Mar 17, 1913, the Senate voted 29–27 (SRE 14). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–12, Republicans 3–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Mar 17, 1913
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 17 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
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