Senate roll call 394 · 63rd Congress · Sep 1, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by providing that no corporations, except a common carrier, with capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000.00 may engage in interstate
On Sep 1, 1914, the Senate voted 16–36 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–20, Republicans 3–15, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 16
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Sep 1, 1914
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 20 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- 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
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- 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 Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- John Knight Shields 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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