Senate roll call 137 · 61st Congress · Feb 10, 1910
To amend S. RES. 177, giving supreme court justice wright of district of columbia, the judicial power to try the case of valley paper co. VS the joint committee
On Feb 10, 1910, the Senate voted 14–45 (SRE 177). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–25, Democrats 0–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Feb 10, 1910
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 25 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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