To amend H. R. 15613, by providing that any one disobeying the order of the commission to cease unfair competition within a specified time, shall be punished by

On Aug 5, 1914, the Senate voted 27–38 (HR 15613). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–28, Republicans 13–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 27
No: 38
Did not vote: 32
Date: Aug 5, 1914

By party

Democrats15 yes · 28 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
William Stanley West D-GA voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
James Henry Brady R-ID voted no
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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