Senate roll call 316 · 62nd Congress · Jan 21, 1913
To amend H.R. 19115, by appropriating $92,000 for extra pay of mechanics and laborers on public buildings in some 25 states. (p. 1826-181827-2)
On Jan 21, 1913, the Senate voted 20–29 (HR 19115). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–22, Democrats 14–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Jan 21, 1913
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 22 no · 28 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX 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
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- 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
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- 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
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 19115, by appropriating…: Senate Vote, Jan 21, 1913,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-316/to-amend-h-r-19115-by-appropriating-92-000 (accessed 2026-10-17).