Senate roll call 565 · 63rd Congress · Feb 27, 1915
To table a motion to reconsider vote by which conference report on S. 136 (38 stat. 1164, 3/4/1915), is a bill to promote the welfare of american seamen in the
On Feb 27, 1915, the Senate voted 39–33 (S 136). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–11, Republicans 9–23, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 39
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 27, 1915
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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