Senate roll call 187 · 62nd Congress · Jun 3, 1912
To agree to the amendment to S. 4568, (37 stat. 1288, 8-14-12), a bill granting an increase of pension to annie r. Schley, the widow of rear admiral schley of t
On Jun 3, 1912, the Senate voted 11–41 (S 4568). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–25, Republicans 9–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Jun 3, 1912
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 25 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- 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
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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