Senate roll call 233 · 63rd Congress · Mar 25, 1914
To amend S. J. RES. 41, by having the proceeds of the sale of lands taken care of under the provisions of the general reclamation act and placed in the reclamat
On Mar 25, 1914, the Senate voted 18–42 (SJR 41). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–16, Republicans 2–25, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 25, 1914
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 16 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- William Stanley West D-GA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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