Senate roll call 384 · 62nd Congress · Mar 1, 1913
To proceed to the consideration of H.R. 28180, a motion made during consideration of H.R. 28858, (37 stat. 912, 3-4-13), a bill making appropriations to supply
On Mar 1, 1913, the Senate voted 26–37 (HR 28180). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–25, Democrats 17–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 26
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 1, 1913
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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