Senate roll call 139 · 61st Congress · Mar 5, 1910
To amend the amendment to S. 5876, by withdrawing the word "when in the judgement of the President, war or any other times" and inserting "if so as to read, in
On Mar 5, 1910, the Senate voted 18–40 (S 5876). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–35, Democrats 8–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 18
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 5, 1910
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 35 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- 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
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- 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
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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