Senate roll call 230 · 63rd Congress · Mar 21, 1914
To proceed to consideration of S. 120, providing for the inspection and grading of grain entering into interstate commerce, and to secure uniformity in standard
On Mar 21, 1914, the Senate voted 32–26 (S 120). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–21, Republicans 22–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 32
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Mar 21, 1914
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton 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
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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