Senate roll call 246 · 61st Congress · Feb 27, 1911
To amend S. RES. 365, directing the secretary of the navy to transmit information relating to plans and patents of armament of United States battleships to the
On Feb 27, 1911, the Senate voted 44–28 (SRE 365). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–9, Democrats 3–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 44
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 27, 1911
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- 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
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- 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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