Senate roll call 119 · 62nd Congress · Mar 27, 1912
To pass the report of a committee on privileges and elections, on S. RES. 223, which report states that MR. Stephenson is entitled to a seat as senator from wis
On Mar 27, 1912, the Senate voted 40–34 (SRE 223). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–16, Democrats 13–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 40
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 27, 1912
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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