Senate roll call 16 · 60th Congress · Apr 9, 1908
To amend H.R. 20310, by limiting action to recover damages for injury or death against a common carrier to those actually engaged as an employee of such carrier
On Apr 9, 1908, the Senate voted 21–31 (HR 20310). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–30, Democrats 16–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 60th Congress (1907–1908), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 9, 1908
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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