Senate roll call 377 · 63rd Congress · Aug 27, 1914
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 15657, which amendment preventes the imposition of penalties for alleged violations of act. (p.14031-1)
On Aug 27, 1914, the Senate voted 29–20 (HR 15657). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–10, Republicans 7–9, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Aug 27, 1914
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 9 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette 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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