Senate roll call 167 · 61st Congress · May 26, 1910
To amend S. 6737, by suspending any increase in rates filed with the interstate commerce commission until they are found to be just and reasonable, and not in v
On May 26, 1910, the Senate voted 29–43 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–41, Democrats 18–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 29
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 26, 1910
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 41 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher 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
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Norris Brown 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
- 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
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- 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
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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