Senate roll call 265 · 63rd Congress · May 15, 1914
To amend H. R. 13679, by appropriating $5,000.00 for investigating the grading, weighing and handling of naval stores, and preparation of definite type samples
On May 15, 1914, the Senate voted 29–19 (HR 13679). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–4, Republicans 5–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 29
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- May 15, 1914
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 4 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 15 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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