Senate roll call 108 · 62nd Congress · Mar 7, 1912
To amend the treaties, by excluding from arbitration by the hague court any questions affecting the admission of aliens into the U.S., or their admission to SCH
On Mar 7, 1912, the Senate voted 41–41. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–39, Democrats 37–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 41
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 7, 1912
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 39 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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