Senate roll call 59 · 60th Congress · Jan 21, 1909
To amend H.R. 23464, by reducing proposed salary of 29 circuit judges from $10,000 to $8,000 a year. (p. 1207-2)
On Jan 21, 1909, the Senate voted 31–38 (HR 23464). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–37, Democrats 20–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 31
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 21, 1909
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 37 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Charles William Fulton R-OR voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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