Senate roll call 40 · 59th Congress · May 12, 1906
To table bill, H.R. 12987. (p. 6783-1)
On May 12, 1906, the Senate voted 49–23 (HR 12987). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–2, Democrats 2–21. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 49
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 12, 1906
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans47 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- 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
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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