To amend an amendment to H.R. 28812, by providing that one of the battleships herein authorized shall be built in a government navy yard if the estimated cost t

On Feb 28, 1913, the Senate voted 28–30 (HR 28812). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–22, Republicans 18–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 28
No: 30
Did not vote: 49
Date: Feb 28, 1913

By party

Democrats10 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 10 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Le Roy Percy D-MS voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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