Senate roll call 218 · 61st Congress · Dec 17, 1910
To recommit S. 7971 to committee on claims, with instructions to eliminate claims for insurance and premiums; no quorum voting. (p.433-1)
On Dec 17, 1910, the Senate voted 16–30 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–23, Democrats 6–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Dec 17, 1910
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 23 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Lafayette Young R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Le Roy Percy D-MS 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
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton 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 Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark 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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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