Senate roll call 219 · 61st Congress · Dec 17, 1910
To agree to the substitute amendment, made as in committee of the whole, to S. 7971, which amendment provides, "that attorney's fees allowed in any case shall n
On Dec 17, 1910, the Senate voted 34–14 (S 7971). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–7, Democrats 8–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 34
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Dec 17, 1910
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 7 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted no
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA voted no
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- William Edward Purcell D-ND voted no
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted no
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- 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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver 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
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- 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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