To amend H.R. 1, (3( stat. L. 112, 5-12-12), a bill granting service pensions to certain defined veterans of the civil war and the war with mexico, by providing

On Mar 29, 1912, the Senate voted 22–44 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–20, Democrats 4–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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: 22
No: 44
Did not vote: 41
Date: Mar 29, 1912

By party

Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted yes
Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1, (3( stat. L. 112, 5-12-12)…: Senate Vote, Mar 29…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-120/to-amend-h-r-1-3-stat-l-112 (accessed 2026-10-17).