Senate roll call 251 · 61st Congress · Mar 1, 1911
To amend H. R. 31596 (36 stat. 1235, 3/3/1911), agricultural appropriation bill for fiscal year ending 1912, by withdrawing, after the heading, "forest service"
On Mar 1, 1911, the Senate voted 19–50 (HR 31596). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–36, Democrats 10–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 19
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 1, 1911
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 36 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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