Senate roll call 223 · 61st Congress · Dec 19, 1910
To amend S. 7971, by withdrawing all claims, of the ship venus, (sailing the mediterranean sea from gibralter to java) to $4,144.00 freight bill, to have been e
On Dec 19, 1910, the Senate voted 21–23 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–20, Democrats 7–5. 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
- 21
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Dec 19, 1910
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 20 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Lafayette Young 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
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lafayette Young 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 Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy 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
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber 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
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- 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
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner 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
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- 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
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- 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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