Senate roll call 457 · 63rd Congress · Dec 15, 1914
To amend H. R. 6060, by subjecting all aliens at port of entry to a physical examination and that immigration inspectors report to commissioners of immigration
On Dec 15, 1914, the Senate voted 33–25 (HR 6060). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–10, Republicans 11–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 33
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 15, 1914
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- 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
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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