Senate roll call 128 · 59th Congress · Dec 11, 1907
To take bill H.R. 480, (34 stat. 5), making appropriations for the construction of a canal connecting the pacific and atlantic oceans, from the committee on int
On Dec 11, 1907, the Senate voted 39–23 (HR 480). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–12, Democrats 13–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 59th Congress (1905–1906), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 11, 1907
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE voted no
- Charles William Fulton R-OR voted no
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted no
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN voted no
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted no
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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