Senate roll call 27 · 59th Congress · May 9, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by making it unlawful for common carriers to engage in producing or selling coal in interstate commerce after july 1, 1908. (p. 6568-
On May 9, 1906, the Senate voted 11–62 (HR 12987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–45, Democrats 9–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 9, 1906
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 45 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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