Senate roll call 446 · 63rd Congress · Oct 17, 1914
To amend H. R. 18891, by issuing $250,000,000 four per cent gold bonds for the purpose of absorbing five million bales of surplus cotton, lost to foreign market
On Oct 17, 1914, the Senate voted 21–40 (HR 18891). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–25, Republicans 3–21, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 21
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Oct 17, 1914
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 25 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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