Senate roll call 203 · 62nd Congress · Jul 5, 1912
To amend H.R. 24565, (37 stat. 328, 8-22-12), a bill providing naval appropriations bill for fiscal year 1913, by reducing from two to one the number of battles
On Jul 5, 1912, the Senate voted 12–43 (HR 24565). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–33, Democrats 11–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 43
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jul 5, 1912
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 33 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 24565, (37 stat. 328…: Senate Vote, Jul 5, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-203/to-amend-h-r-24565-37-stat-328-8 (accessed 2026-10-17).