Senate roll call 382 · 62nd Congress · Feb 28, 1913
To amend H.R. 28812, by appropriating $7,425,000 to construct 2 first class battleships instead of one. (p. 4311-1)
On Feb 28, 1913, the Senate voted 56–16 (HR 28812). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–4, Democrats 24–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 56
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 28, 1913
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 4 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- 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
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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