Senate roll call 217 · 61st Congress · Dec 16, 1910
To amend S. 7971, by eliminating all clamis known as the french spoliation claims amounting to $842,000. (p.366-1)
On Dec 16, 1910, the Senate voted 27–27 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–23, Democrats 11–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 27
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Dec 16, 1910
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 23 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- 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
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA 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
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- 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
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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