Senate roll call 534 · 63rd Congress · Feb 11, 1915
To amend the journal, by striking out a sentence which gave an inaccurate version of what happened in the Senate with regard to a question of order. (p.3539-1)
On Feb 11, 1915, the Senate voted 17–66. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–25, Republicans 0–40, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 17
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 11, 1915
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 40 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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