Senate roll call 384 · 63rd Congress · Aug 31, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by making it unlawful for one corporation to own stock not only in corporations engaged in the same line of business, but also those engag
On Aug 31, 1914, the Senate voted 22–27 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–21, Republicans 10–6, Others 1–0. 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
- 22
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Aug 31, 1914
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 6 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- 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
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- 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
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose 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
- Thomas Sterling 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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