Senate roll call 173 · 63rd Congress · Dec 19, 1913
To amend H. R. 7837, by applying surplus earnings of federal reserve banks, and surplus revenues in the treasury at the end of the year, above the working balan
On Dec 19, 1913, the Senate voted 40–44 (HR 7837). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–46, Republicans 39–0, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 40
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 19, 1913
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 46 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- 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
- Harry Lane 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
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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