Senate roll call 90 · 61st Congress · Jun 26, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by exempting jute grain bags, known as calcutta grain bags, 22 x 32 inches, from duty. (p. 3870-2)
On Jun 26, 1909, the Senate voted 25–33 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–33, Democrats 17–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 25
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jun 26, 1909
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 33 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA 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
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA 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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith 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
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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