Senate roll call 7 · 63rd Congress · Apr 21, 1913
To table an amendment to S. RES. 15, authorizing the employment of an assistant clerk to certain committees, which amendment provides that all clerks or messeng
On Apr 21, 1913, the Senate voted 34–35 (SRE 15). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–11, Republicans 10–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 34
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 21, 1913
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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