Senate roll call 269 · 62nd Congress · Aug 14, 1912
To pass H.R. 25034. (p. 10903-2)
On Aug 14, 1912, the Senate voted 36–19 (HR 25034). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–21, Democrats 29–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 36
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Aug 14, 1912
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 21 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI 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
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Nathan Philemon Bryan 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher 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
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- 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
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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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