Senate roll call 326 · 62nd Congress · Jan 30, 1913
To amend an amendment to S.J.RES. 78, by giving Congress the power to provide for the recall of the President by a popular vote at any biennial election. (p. 22
On Jan 30, 1913, the Senate voted 10–58 (SJR 78). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–34, Democrats 5–25. 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
- 10
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 30, 1913
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 25 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 34 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- 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
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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