Senate roll call 259 · 62nd Congress · Aug 13, 1912
To amend H.R. 21279, by providing that membership in any society, associations, club or other form of organization of postal employees not affiliated with outsi
On Aug 13, 1912, the Senate voted 20–31 (HR 21279). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–11, Democrats 2–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 20
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Aug 13, 1912
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 20 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 11 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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