Senate roll call 315 · 62nd Congress · Jan 21, 1913
To amend H.R. 19115, by appropriating $92,000 for payment of some 80 claims for extra pay of mechanics and laborers on public buildings in some 25 states; no qu
On Jan 21, 1913, the Senate voted 19–28 (HR 19115). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–21, Democrats 16–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Jan 21, 1913
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 7 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 21 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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