Senate roll call 488 · 63rd Congress · Jan 14, 1915
To amend H. R. 19422, by authorizing and directing the commissioners of the district of columbia to close public areas which lie wholly within the boundaries of
On Jan 14, 1915, the Senate voted 46–20 (HR 19422). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–19, Republicans 29–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 46
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 14, 1915
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Howard Thompson D-KS voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Blair Lee D-MD voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- 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
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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