Senate roll call 380 · 62nd Congress · Feb 28, 1913
To agree to the conference report on H.R. 22526, (37 stat. 732, 3-3-1913), a bill amending the pure food and drug act.
On Feb 28, 1913, the Senate voted 28–23 (HR 22526). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–17, Republicans 19–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 28, 1913
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 6 no · 31 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- 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
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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