Senate roll call 283 · 62nd Congress · Aug 24, 1912
To proceed to consideration of unobjected bills on the calendar under rule eight; no quorum voting. (p. 11792-2)
On Aug 24, 1912, the Senate voted 8–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–15, Democrats 1–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 8
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Aug 24, 1912
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 16 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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