Senate roll call 80 · 59th Congress · Jun 21, 1906
To table an amendment to bill, S. 6191, (6-29-06, 34 stat. L. 611), providing for the construction of a sealevel canal connecting the atlantic and pacific ocean
On Jun 21, 1906, the Senate voted 31–36 (S 6191). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–38, Democrats 25–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jun 21, 1906
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 38 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted yes
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted yes
- Levi Ankeny R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- John McDermeid Gearin D-OR
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alfred Washburn Benson R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Frederick William Mulkey R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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