Senate roll call 36 · 61st Congress · Jun 7, 1909
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 1438, which amendment, proposes to increase the duty on holland cotton window shades. (p. 2900-2)
On Jun 7, 1909, the Senate voted 41–26 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–10, Democrats 2–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 41
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 7, 1909
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 10 no · 13 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Tener Oliver 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
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- 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
- James Piper Taliaferro 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor 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
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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