To pass a resolution authorizing the election of 2 senators to act as President protem of Senate - alternating as follows, gallinger (r. N.h.) december 16, 1912

On Dec 16, 1912, the Senate voted 51–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–10, Democrats 23–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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: 51
No: 18
Did not vote: 39
Date: Dec 16, 1912

By party

Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
Republicans29 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
John Downey Works R-CA voted no
Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
Clarence Don Clark R-WY 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 pass a resolution authorizing the…: Senate Vote, Dec 16, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-289/to-pass-a-resolution-authorizing-the-election-of-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).