Senate roll call 214 · 63rd Congress · Mar 2, 1914
To go into executive session, a motion made during consideration of S. RES. 254, creating a committee of five to assist the interstate commerce commission in in
On Mar 2, 1914, the Senate voted 26–34 (SRE 254). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–14, Republicans 8–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 26
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 2, 1914
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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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