To recess for 30 minutes until 5 p.m., a motion made during debate on S. 6737. (p.6208-2)

On May 13, 1910, the Senate voted 56–12 (S 6737). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–3, Democrats 11–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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: 56
No: 12
Did not vote: 34
Date: May 13, 1910

By party

Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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