Senate roll call 519 · 63rd Congress · Feb 1, 1915
To adjourn, a motion made during consideration of S. 6856. (p.2786-2)
On Feb 1, 1915, the Senate voted 36–49. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–11, Republicans 0–38, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 36
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 1, 1915
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 38 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY voted no
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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