Senate roll call 332 · 62nd Congress · Feb 1, 1913
To amend an amendment to S.J.RES. 78, by establishing a principle that as a rule and part of the constitution no man who has once occupied the office of the pre
On Feb 1, 1913, the Senate voted 27–42 (SJR 78). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–32, Democrats 20–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 1, 1913
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall 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
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- 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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