Senate roll call 85 · 63rd Congress · Aug 26, 1913
To amend H. R. 3321, by levying an income tax on all incomes as follows: from $10,000 to $30,000, 1% per annum, on $30,000 to $50,000 2%, $50,000 to $80,000 3%,
On Aug 26, 1913, the Senate voted 17–47 (HR 3321). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–40, Republicans 16–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 47
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 26, 1913
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 40 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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