Senate roll call 388 · 62nd Congress · Mar 1, 1913
To amend an amendment to H.R. 23673, by providing that a seamen 1 shall be entitled to the rating of efficient lifeboat hand who has shown by practical test to
On Mar 1, 1913, the Senate voted 35–30 (HR 23673). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 19–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 35
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Mar 1, 1913
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Obadiah Gardner 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Norris Brown R-NE
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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