Senate roll call 9 · 63rd Congress · May 7, 1913
To adjourn until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow, a motion made during consideration of H. R. 2441 (6/23/1913), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
On May 7, 1913, the Senate voted 20–53. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–38, Republicans 17–16. 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
- 20
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 7, 1913
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 38 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- Harry Lane D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Harry Lane D-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry French Hollis D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis Shelley (Frank) White D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Stanley West D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Blair Lee D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter O-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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