Senate roll call 173 · 61st Congress · May 31, 1910
To amend S. 6737, by providing that no railroad, which is a common carrier, may own capital stock in, or purchase or lease a railroad of any competing railroad
On May 31, 1910, the Senate voted 20–41 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–33, Democrats 10–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 31, 1910
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 33 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- 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
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles 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
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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