Senate roll call 210 · 63rd Congress · Feb 27, 1914
To amend H. R. 11338, by proposing that the postmaster general spend no amount of the appropriation for carrying fourth class mail matter of a greater weight TH
On Feb 27, 1914, the Senate voted 27–28 (HR 11338). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–21, Republicans 22–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 27
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 27, 1914
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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