To refer to the committee on appropriations the bill S. 5884 amending the legislative, executive and judicial appropriations bill for 1915. (p.10585-1)

On Jun 18, 1914, the Senate voted 25–26 (S 5884). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–16, Republicans 9–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 25
No: 26
Did not vote: 50
Date: Jun 18, 1914

By party

Democrats16 yes · 16 no · 24 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
Blair Lee D-MD voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
William Hughes D-NJ voted no
Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Harry Lane D-OR voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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