Senate roll call 37 · 59th Congress · May 11, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by directing the commission to consider, modify or rescind an order relating to rates, services, fares, etc., when made the subject of
On May 11, 1906, the Senate voted 26–49 (HR 12987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–45, Democrats 25–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 26
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 11, 1906
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 45 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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