Senate roll call 136 · 62nd Congress · Apr 19, 1912
To amend S. 3175, a bill regulating the immigration of aliens to and residence of aliens in the U.S., by excluding all aliens over 16 years of age who cannot re
On Apr 19, 1912, the Senate voted 9–56 (S 3175). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–32, Democrats 7–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 9
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 19, 1912
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 25 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 32 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow 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
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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