Senate roll call 78 · 59th Congress · Jun 19, 1906
To amend bill S. 6147, authorizing changes in certain tracks of railways in the district of columbia, which amendment imposes a franchise tax, in addition to ta
On Jun 19, 1906, the Senate voted 13–21 (S 6147). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 5–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 13
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Jun 19, 1906
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 34 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Charles William Fulton R-OR voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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