Senate roll call 434 · 63rd Congress · Sep 22, 1914
To amend H. R. 13811, by appropriating $60,000 for the expenses and salary ($5,000 each, annually) of three presidential appointees who shall form a committee t
On Sep 22, 1914, the Senate voted 17–32 (HR 13811). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–19, Republicans 5–13, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 32
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Sep 22, 1914
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 19 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 13 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- 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
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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