Senate roll call 227 · 61st Congress · Dec 19, 1910
To amend S. 7971, by withdrawing all claims relative to the french spoliation claims. (p.488-1)
On Dec 19, 1910, the Senate voted 19–29 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–21, Democrats 6–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Dec 19, 1910
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 21 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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 Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- 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
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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- 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
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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