Senate roll call 387 · 63rd Congress · Aug 31, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by making unlawful the acquisition of the stock of another corporation where the effect is to substantionally lessen competition. (p.1446
On Aug 31, 1914, the Senate voted 41–11 (HR 15657). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–0, Republicans 7–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 41
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Aug 31, 1914
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 11 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- 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
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
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
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- 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
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- 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
- 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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