To amend H.R. 28766, by eliminating the provision for the construction of a bridge over the potomac river. (p. 4050-2)

On Feb 26, 1913, the Senate voted 17–40 (HR 28766). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–26, Democrats 14–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 17
No: 40
Did not vote: 51
Date: Feb 26, 1913

By party

Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 26 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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