To amend H. R. 1438, by placing a higher rate of duty on pineapples (1/2 of 1 cent per pound) for the protection of the growers, in bulk, $8.00 per thousand, in

On Jun 23, 1909, the Senate voted 34–30 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–22, Democrats 9–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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: 34
No: 30
Did not vote: 37
Date: Jun 23, 1909

By party

Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans27 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jeff Davis D-AR voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted no
Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
Norris Brown R-NE voted no
Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
Elihu Root R-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
George Sutherland R-UT voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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