Senate roll call 132 · 62nd Congress · Apr 16, 1912
To consider S. 2234, a bill providing for a primary election in the district of columbia, at which qualified electors may vote for their first and second choice
On Apr 16, 1912, the Senate voted 32–14 (S 2234). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–14, Democrats 19–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 32
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Apr 16, 1912
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 0 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 14 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted no
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
- Elihu Root R-NY voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted no
- Newell Sanders R-TN voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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