Senate roll call 36 · 59th Congress · May 11, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by preventing the orders of the commission being set aside by any court, unless such orders violate the constitution of the U.S. Or ex
On May 11, 1906, the Senate voted 24–55 (HR 12987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–51, Democrats 23–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 24
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 11, 1906
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 51 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- William Andrews Clark D-MT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- 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
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Other votes
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