To adopt the resolution providing that 2/3 of the senators present concurring therein, reed smoot is not entitled to a seat as a senator from the state of utah.

On Feb 20, 1907, the Senate voted 27–43. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–42, Democrats 21–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.

During the 59th Congress (1905–1906), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 27
No: 43
Did not vote: 20
Date: Feb 20, 1907

By party

Democrats21 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 42 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted no
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted yes
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
William Andrews Clark D-MT voted no
Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted yes
John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt the resolution providing that 2/3…: Senate Vote, Feb 20, 1907,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/59-S-107/to-adopt-the-resolution-providing-that-2-3-of (accessed 2026-10-16).