Senate roll call 111 · 61st Congress · Jul 7, 1909
To concur in the amendment as section 2. And 30, to H. R. 1438, which amendment provides to create a U.S. Court of custom appeals to consist of a presiding jud
On Jul 7, 1909, the Senate voted 50–26 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–12, Democrats 9–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 7, 1909
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- 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
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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