Senate roll call 20 · 61st Congress · May 20, 1909
To amend an amendment to H. R. 1438, by setting a tariff of 1/4 cent per pound on extracts of quebracho, instead of 1/2 cent per pound. (p.2205-2)
On May 20, 1909, the Senate voted 29–38 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–35, Democrats 15–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 38
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 20, 1909
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 35 no · 14 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
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Murphy James Foster 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 Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- 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
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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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