Senate roll call 558 · 63rd Congress · Feb 23, 1915
To amend H. R. 20347, by eliminateing appropriation of $50,000 for purchase and manufacture of armored motor cars. (p.4391-2)
On Feb 23, 1915, the Senate voted 34–27 (HR 20347). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–8, Republicans 10–19, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 34
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 23, 1915
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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