Senate roll call 354 · 62nd Congress · Feb 20, 1913
To amend an amendment to river and harbor appropriation bill H.R. 28180, (37 stat. L. 801, 3-4-13), by eliminating proviso that 4% per annum interest be paid to
On Feb 20, 1913, the Senate voted 10–54 (HR 28180). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–33, Democrats 6–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Feb 20, 1913
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 33 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
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
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-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
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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