Senate roll call 147 · 63rd Congress · Oct 4, 1913
To consider H. R. 7207 (12/19/1913), a bill granting the right of way to the city of san francisco in, over and through public lands, the yosemite national park
On Oct 4, 1913, the Senate voted 37–15 (HR 7207). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–1, Republicans 3–13, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 63rd Congress (1913–1914), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 37
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Oct 4, 1913
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 13 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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