To agree to the amendment as amended to H.R. 21279, (37 stat. 539, 8-24-12) a bill making appropriations for the service of the post office department for fisca

On Aug 1, 1912, the Senate voted 27–25 (HR 21279). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–9, Democrats 7–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 27
No: 25
Did not vote: 55
Date: Aug 1, 1912

By party

Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 29 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 9 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the amendment as amended to H.R…: Senate Vote, Aug 1, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-235/to-agree-to-the-amendment-as-amended-to-h (accessed 2026-10-17).