Senate roll call 123 · 62nd Congress · Mar 29, 1912
To amend H.R. 1, by giving a pension of $24.00 per month to widows veterans of the war to begin from the date of filing of applications. (p. 4005-1)
On Mar 29, 1912, the Senate voted 25–41 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–25, Democrats 12–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Mar 29, 1912
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 19 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 25 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA 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 Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-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
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- 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
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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