Senate roll call 250 · 63rd Congress · Apr 21, 1914
To amend H. J. RES. 251, justifying the President's employment of U.S. Armed forces in enforcing certain demands on general victoriano huerta de facto presiden
On Apr 21, 1914, the Senate voted 36–47 (HJR 251). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–47, Republicans 38–2, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 36
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Apr 21, 1914
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 47 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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