Senate roll call 171 · 61st Congress · May 27, 1910
To amend S. 6737, by restricting the issuance of railroad securities, the ownership in other corporations, (especially competing lines) and correcting over capi
On May 27, 1910, the Senate voted 19–47 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–32, Democrats 7–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 19
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 27, 1910
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 32 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- William Edward Purcell D-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- 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
- 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- 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
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy 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
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- 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
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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