Senate roll call 46 · 59th Congress · May 14, 1906
To amend bill H.R. 12987, by holding any common carrier, by rail, liable for damages for injuries or death sustained by an employee, subject to the provision ma
On May 14, 1906, the Senate voted 28–45 (HR 12987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–42, Democrats 23–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 28
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 14, 1906
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 42 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Charles William Fulton R-OR voted yes
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer 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
- 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
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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