Senate roll call 240 · 61st Congress · Feb 15, 1911
To pass H. R. 11798 (36 stat. 961, 3/1/1911), a bill enabling the cooperation of any state with another state or with the U.S., to protect the watersheds of na
On Feb 15, 1911, the Senate voted 57–9 (HR 11798). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–7, Democrats 20–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 57
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 15, 1911
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Jeff Davis D-AR voted no
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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