Senate roll call 487 · 63rd Congress · Jan 14, 1915
To consider H. R. 19076 (38 stat. 803, 1/28/1915), a bill to amend an act entitled "an act to codify, revise and amend the laws relating to the judiciary" appro
On Jan 14, 1915, the Senate voted 61–9 (HR 19076). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–5, Republicans 23–5, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 61
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 14, 1915
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine 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
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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