Senate roll call 20 · 59th Congress · May 4, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, (34-stat-584, 6-2-06), regulating railroad rates and enlarging the powers of the interstate commerce commission, which amendment excep
On May 4, 1906, the Senate voted 22–53 (HR 12987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–25, Democrats 0–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 22
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 4, 1906
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 29 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA voted yes
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ voted yes
- John Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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