Senate roll call 88 · 61st Congress · Jun 26, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by proposing a duty on cash registers of 15% ad valorem. (p.3862-2, 3864-2)
On Jun 26, 1909, the Senate voted 31–33 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–32, Democrats 18–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 26, 1909
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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