Senate roll call 45 · 61st Congress · Jun 10, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by substituting for paragraph #375 (not given a duty on wool contained in blankets, and flannels for underwear.
On Jun 10, 1909, the Senate voted 31–43 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–45, Democrats 22–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 31
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jun 10, 1909
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 45 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- 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
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- 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
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- 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 Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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