Senate roll call 191 · 63rd Congress · Jan 24, 1914
To amend S. 48, by empowering the President to construct not less than ten or more than twenty vessels for freight and passenger service between alaska and nort
On Jan 24, 1914, the Senate voted 11–51 (S 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–36, Republicans 8–22, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 11
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 24, 1914
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 36 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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