Senate roll call 114 · 62nd Congress · Mar 19, 1912
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 17681, (37 stat. 139, 6-26-12), a bill making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the district of columbia TH
On Mar 19, 1912, the Senate voted 36–13 (HR 17681). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–5, Democrats 14–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 13
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Mar 19, 1912
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 5 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV voted no
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead 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
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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