Senate roll call 390 · 62nd Congress · Mar 1, 1913
To amend a substitute amendment to H.R. 23673, by including in the regulations governing merchant vessels of the U.S., vessels of less than 300 gross tons, and
On Mar 1, 1913, the Senate voted 21–39 (HR 23673). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–27, Democrats 14–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 21
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Mar 1, 1913
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 12 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 27 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- 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
- 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page 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
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- 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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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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