Senate roll call 288 · 63rd Congress · Jun 13, 1914
To amend an amendment to H. R. 15279, by striking out the words "without examination under civil service rules", so that appointments of commericial attaches by
On Jun 13, 1914, the Senate voted 24–27 (HR 15279). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–27, Republicans 19–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 24
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jun 13, 1914
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 27 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Stanley West D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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