Senate roll call 231 · 62nd Congress · Jul 27, 1912
To amend an amendment to H.R. 21213, by repealing reciprocal trade relations with canada approved under act of june 26, 1911, but retaining its provisions relat
On Jul 27, 1912, the Senate voted 21–34 (HR 21213). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–31, Democrats 20–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 21
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jul 27, 1912
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 31 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- 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
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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