Senate roll call 22 · 59th Congress · May 7, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by providing that no carrier in interstate commerce shall give free transportation except to its officers or employees, the penalty fo
On May 7, 1906, the Senate voted 38–35 (HR 12987). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–36, Democrats 27–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 38
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 7, 1906
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 36 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted yes
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- 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
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- John McDermeid Gearin D-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
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Other votes
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