Senate roll call 25 · 61st Congress · May 24, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by seeking to reduce the differentials on lumber, if singly cut.
On May 24, 1909, the Senate voted 25–56 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–41, Democrats 11–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 25
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 24, 1909
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 41 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery 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
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- 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
- 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel 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
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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