Senate roll call 53 · 62nd Congress · Jul 22, 1911
To amend H.R. 4412, by subjecting to duty all importations now under bond or in bonded warehouses in the U.S. At time act becomes effective in order to prevent
On Jul 22, 1911, the Senate voted 21–54 (HR 4412). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–22, Democrats 3–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 22, 1911
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 32 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- George Clement Perkins 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-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
- 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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson 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
Did not vote
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- 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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