To amend an amendment to H.R. 23673, concerning seamen in the american merchant marine, by providing that no seamen shall be required to do any unnecessary work

On Mar 1, 1913, the Senate voted 24–37 (HR 23673). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–24, Democrats 13–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 24
No: 37
Did not vote: 48
Date: Mar 1, 1913

By party

Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 24 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR voted no
John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend an amendment to H.R. 23673…: Senate Vote, Mar 1, 1913,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-386/to-amend-an-amendment-to-h-r-23673-concerning (accessed 2026-10-17).