Senate roll call 393 · 63rd Congress · Sep 1, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by empowering the attorney general of any state to bring suit in the name of the U.S. For violations of the anti-trust law if, within 90
On Sep 1, 1914, the Senate voted 21–39 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–27, Republicans 10–13, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 21
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Sep 1, 1914
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Brady R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
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
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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