Senate roll call 28 · 59th Congress · May 9, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by making it unlawful for any common carrier to transport any commodities it produces or owns except for its own use. (p. 6570-1,6568
On May 9, 1906, the Senate voted 67–6 (HR 12987). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–5, Democrats 25–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 67
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 9, 1906
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted no
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE voted no
- Levi Ankeny R-WA voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- 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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- 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
- 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
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- 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
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend bill H.R. 12987, by making it…: Senate Vote, May 9, 1906,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/59-S-28/to-amend-bill-h-r-12987-by-making-it (accessed 2026-10-17).