Senate roll call 54 · 59th Congress · May 18, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by enlarging the authority of the interstate commerce commission governing railroads, by eliminating the words "determine and prescrib
On May 18, 1906, the Senate voted 21–47 (HR 12987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–41, Democrats 18–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 21
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 18, 1906
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 41 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- 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
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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