Senate roll call 555 · 63rd Congress · Feb 23, 1915
To table part of amendment to army appropriations bill, H. R. 20347 (app. 3/4/1915), which amendment refuses pay to one having charge of government work with a
On Feb 23, 1915, the Senate voted 27–33 (HR 20347). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–13, Republicans 6–24, 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
- 27
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 23, 1915
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- 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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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