Senate roll call 552 · 63rd Congress · Feb 20, 1915
To agree to amendment to H. R. 19909, which amendment appropriates $2,286,100 for taking, compiling and completing the census of agriculture required by section
On Feb 20, 1915, the Senate voted 12–47 (HR 19909). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–20, Republicans 3–26, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 20, 1915
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 20 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Luke Lea D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Harry Lane D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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