Senate roll call 164 · 61st Congress · May 19, 1910
To recess for one hour, a motion made during debate on S. 6737. (p.6505-2) 4
On May 19, 1910, the Senate voted 21–44. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–38, Democrats 10–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 21
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 19, 1910
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 6 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 38 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- 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 no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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