Senate roll call 102 · 62nd Congress · Jan 30, 1912
To amend S. 252, by preventing any official of the childrens bureau from entering any residence over the objection of the head of family under provision of this
On Jan 30, 1912, the Senate voted 36–37 (S 252). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–32, Democrats 27–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 30, 1912
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 32 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- 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
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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