Senate roll call 250 · 61st Congress · Mar 1, 1911
To agree to the adoption of S. RES. 315, which declares william lorimer was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the Senate of the United States by the leg
On Mar 1, 1911, the Senate voted 40–46 (SRE 315). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–35, Democrats 20–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 40
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 1, 1911
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 35 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Lafayette Young R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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