Senate roll call 65 · 61st Congress · Jun 16, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by proposing to admit free from duty, zinc in blocks, or pig, zinc, old or worn out, fit only for manufacture of oxide of zinc, and all man
On Jun 16, 1909, the Senate voted 16–49 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–49, Democrats 17–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 2 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
- 16
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 16, 1909
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 49 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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