Senate roll call 79 · 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 17–29 (S 6147). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–24, Democrats 9–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 17
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jun 19, 1906
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 24 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough 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
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- 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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- 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
- 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
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- 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
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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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