Senate roll call 8 · 63rd Congress · May 6, 1913
To pass S. RES. 76, requesting the President, not incompatible with the public interest, to transmit to the Senate all papers and information in his possession
On May 6, 1913, the Senate voted 31–42 (SRE 76). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–42, Republicans 32–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 31
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 6, 1913
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 42 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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