Senate roll call 55 · 60th Congress · Jan 19, 1909
To refer to the committee on the judiciary the resolution directing the U.S. Attorney-general to tell the Senate whether the President ordered the investigation
On Jan 19, 1909, the Senate voted 44–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–2, Democrats 0–22. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 44
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 19, 1909
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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