Senate roll call 351 · 62nd Congress · Feb 18, 1913
To amend H.R. 28499, (37 stat. 938, 3-4-13), a bill making appropriations for the expenses of the district of columbia, for fiscal 1914, by eliminating the requ
On Feb 18, 1913, the Senate voted 45–19 (HR 28499). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–3, Democrats 12–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 45
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 18, 1913
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- 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 Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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