Senate roll call 81 · 62nd Congress · Aug 10, 1911
To proceed to consideration of S. 854, (37 stat. 30, 8-22-11), a bill to make final report on or before dec. 4, 1911, and to repeal sections 17, 18 and 19, of t
On Aug 10, 1911, the Senate voted 41–11 (S 854). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–10, Democrats 20–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 41
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Aug 10, 1911
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 1 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted no
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted no
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- 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 Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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