Senate roll call 17 · 63rd Congress · May 27, 1913
To amend S. RES. 37, preventing an investigation of charges of arrests, trials, and convections contrary to or in violation of the constitution or United States
On May 27, 1913, the Senate voted 10–59 (SRE 37). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–33, Republicans 2–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 10
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 27, 1913
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 33 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 32 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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