Senate roll call 343 · 62nd Congress · Feb 11, 1913
To amend H.R. 28499, (37 stat. 958, 3-4-13), a bill making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the district of columbia for fiscal 1914, by inc
On Feb 11, 1913, the Senate voted 43–28 (HR 28499). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–3, Democrats 8–25. 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
- 43
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 11, 1913
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- 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
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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