Senate roll call 38 · 60th Congress · May 22, 1908
To amend S.J.RES. 74, suspending the commodity clause of the present interstate-commerce law; by making it unlawful for any railroad company to transport articl
On May 22, 1908, the Senate voted 23–32 (SJR 74). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–17, Democrats 0–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 23
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 22, 1908
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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