Senate roll call 560 · 63rd Congress · Feb 24, 1915
To amend the post office appropriation bill, H. R. 19906, by eliminating appropriation of $150,000 allowed by committee for experimental village delivery servic
On Feb 24, 1915, the Senate voted 29–36 (HR 19906). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–16, Republicans 9–20, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 29
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 24, 1915
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Howard Thompson D-KS
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Kimble Vardaman D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon 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
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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