Senate roll call 51 · 61st Congress · Jun 11, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by proposing to change, from specific duties, and impose a protection ad valorem compensating rate of 45% on all wool imported, whether raw
On Jun 11, 1909, the Senate voted 32–43 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–43, Democrats 24–1. 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
- 32
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jun 11, 1909
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 43 no · 11 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- 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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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