Senate roll call 228 · 63rd Congress · Mar 20, 1914
To amend a motion to refer to the committee on suffrage S. J. RES. 128, proposing a constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage, so that resolution will be
On Mar 20, 1914, the Senate voted 25–37 (SJR 128). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–16, Republicans 7–22, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 25
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 20, 1914
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 22 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
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Henry French Hollis D-NH voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV 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
- Luke Lea D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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