Senate roll call 50 · 62nd Congress · Jul 22, 1911
To amend H.R. 4412, by exempting from duty, after jan. 1st, 1912, when imported into the U.S. Or any possession except the philippine islands, guam, and tutuila
On Jul 22, 1911, the Senate voted 11–67 (HR 4412). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–34, Democrats 0–34. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 22, 1911
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 34 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 34 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis 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
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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