Senate roll call 551 · 63rd Congress · Feb 19, 1915
To table an amendment to H. R. 19909 (3/4/1915), a bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for fiscal
On Feb 19, 1915, the Senate voted 35–30 (HR 19909). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–8, Republicans 5–23, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 35
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 19, 1915
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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 Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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