Senate roll call 18 · 59th Congress · Mar 29, 1906
To pass bill S. 1539, increasing the efficiency of the medical department of the U.S. Army. (p. 4451)
On Mar 29, 1906, the Senate voted 42–5 (S 1539). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–3, Democrats 12–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 42
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Mar 29, 1906
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 3 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- John Kean R-NJ
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
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