Senate roll call 401 · 63rd Congress · Sep 2, 1914
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 15657, which amendment provides that anti-trust laws shall not be construed as forbidding the existance and operation of labo
On Sep 2, 1914, the Senate voted 20–39 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–34, Republicans 15–4, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 20
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Sep 2, 1914
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 34 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- 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
- 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
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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