Senate roll call 244 · 61st Congress · Feb 24, 1911
To amend S. J. RES. 134, by withdrawing after the word "vacancy", "and in lieu of all paragraph 1, section 4, article 1, in so far as the same relates to any au
On Feb 24, 1911, the Senate voted 50–37 (SJR 134). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–8, Democrats 1–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 50
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 24, 1911
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 31 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans50 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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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