Senate roll call 179 · 62nd Congress · May 29, 1912
To amend an amendment to H.R. 18642, by increasing the duty to 25 % ad valorem (import duty) on all machine tools. (p. 7370-2)
On May 29, 1912, the Senate voted 17–43 (HR 18642). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–22, Democrats 7–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- May 29, 1912
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead 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
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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