Senate roll call 247 · 61st Congress · Feb 27, 1911
To proceed to the consideration of S. RES. 315, relating to election of william lorimer as senator from illinois. (p.3520-2)
On Feb 27, 1911, the Senate voted 66–12 (SRE 315). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–9, Democrats 23–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 66
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1911
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeff Davis D-AR voted no
- 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
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- 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
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
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
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- 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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