Senate roll call 228 · 61st Congress · Dec 20, 1910
To amend S. 7971, by reducing the amount appropriated for payment of 1,000,000 LBS. Of sugar, to adolph hartiens, tutor of sidney l., william w., and mary r. Ha
On Dec 20, 1910, the Senate voted 11–43 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–26, Democrats 0–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Dec 20, 1910
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 26 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- 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
- George Sutherland 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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