Senate roll call 353 · 62nd Congress · Feb 19, 1913
To amend H.R. 28499, by appropriating $975,408, for interest and sinking fund, and same to be accounted for in accordance with the acts of Congress. (p. 3382-1
On Feb 19, 1913, the Senate voted 40–15 (HR 28499). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–3, Democrats 11–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 40
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Feb 19, 1913
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 3 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- 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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- 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
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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