Senate roll call 211 · 63rd Congress · Feb 27, 1914
To amend H. R. 11338, by limiting the weight of parcel post matter carried by the star route service to 50 pounds in one package. (p.4020-1)
On Feb 27, 1914, the Senate voted 18–31 (HR 11338). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–20, Republicans 14–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 27, 1914
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 20 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- 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
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-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
- 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
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- 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
- Thomas Sterling 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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