Senate roll call 50 · 59th Congress · May 16, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by penalizing the giving of free transportation to anyone except to its officers, employees, and members of their immediate families,
On May 16, 1906, the Senate voted 60–16 (HR 12987). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–15, Democrats 27–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 60
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 16, 1906
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted no
- James Frank Allee R-DE voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI voted no
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Levi Ankeny R-WA voted no
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- 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
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver 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
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- 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
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- 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
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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