Senate roll call 34 · 61st Congress · Jun 5, 1909
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 1438, which amendment proposes a tariff on cotton cloth. (p.2872-2)
On Jun 5, 1909, the Senate voted 39–29 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–11, Democrats 2–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 39
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 5, 1909
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- 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 Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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