Senate roll call 320 · 62nd Congress · Jan 24, 1913
To reconsider vote by which H.R. 18787, (37 stat. 776, 3-3-13), a bill limiting the hour of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed on a public work of
On Jan 24, 1913, the Senate voted 27–37 (HR 18787). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–9, Democrats 2–29. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 27
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jan 24, 1913
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 29 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- 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
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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