Senate roll call 331 · 62nd Congress · Jan 31, 1913
To amend an amendment to S.J.RES. 78, by proposing that the term of office of President of U.S. Elected after the ratification of the amendment, shall be for si
On Jan 31, 1913, the Senate voted 13–52 (SJR 78). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–27, Democrats 4–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jan 31, 1913
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 25 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 27 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone 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
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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