To reconsider the vote by which the conference report on H.R. 18956, the army appropriation bill for fiscal year ending june 30, 1913, was agreed to. (p. 7982-

On Jun 12, 1912, the Senate voted 28–29 (HR 18956). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–18, Democrats 16–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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: 28
No: 29
Did not vote: 44
Date: Jun 12, 1912

By party

Democrats16 yes · 13 no · 24 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
Simon Guggenheim R-CO voted no
Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
William Lorimer R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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