To agree to the substitute for H.R. 18642, which substitute provides that on steel circular saw plates there shall be paid $3 per ton in addition to the rates p

On May 25, 1912, the Senate voted 12–60 (HR 18642). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–26, Democrats 0–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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: 12
No: 60
Did not vote: 36
Date: May 25, 1912

By party

Democrats0 yes · 35 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 26 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA 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 agree to the substitute for H.R. 18642…: Senate Vote, May 25, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-176/to-agree-to-the-substitute-for-h-r-18642 (accessed 2026-10-17).