Senate roll call 406 · 63rd Congress · Sep 2, 1914
To amend H. R. 15657, by making the directors of a firm or corporation engaged in commerce as a common carrier criminally liable when they intentionally or negl
On Sep 2, 1914, the Senate voted 17–39 (HR 15657). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–30, Republicans 10–9, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 17
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Sep 2, 1914
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 30 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- 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
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- 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
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Ollie Murray James 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- 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
- 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
- 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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