Senate roll call 435 · 63rd Congress · Sep 23, 1914
To proceed to the consideration of S. 392, a bill creating, in the war and navy departments respectively, a roll designated is, "the civil war volunteer officer
On Sep 23, 1914, the Senate voted 29–20 (S 392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–20, Republicans 15–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 29
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Sep 23, 1914
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 1 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Blair Lee D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- 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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