Senate roll call 188 · 62nd Congress · Jun 4, 1912
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 24023, a bill making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial departments, which amendment increases the number
On Jun 4, 1912, the Senate voted 37–13 (HR 24023). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–1, Democrats 10–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 37
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Jun 4, 1912
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 1 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively 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
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson 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
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- 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
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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