Senate roll call 53 · 57th Congress · Apr 3, 1902
To agree to an amendment in the nature of a substitute for H. R. 9206, which substitute provides for a special tax on oleomargarine manufacturers of $600 per ye
On Apr 3, 1902, the Senate voted 29–39 (HR 9206). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–41, Democrats 26–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 57th Congress (1901–1902), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 3, 1902
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 41 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Henry Heitfeld D-ID
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Turner D-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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