Senate roll call 17 · 60th Congress · Apr 9, 1908
To amend H.R. 20310, by providing that suits instituted in state courts for injuries or death resulting from negligence of common carriers organized under state
On Apr 9, 1908, the Senate voted 16–34 (HR 20310). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–34, Democrats 16–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 60th Congress (1907–1908), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 9, 1908
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 34 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Elmer Jacob Burkett 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
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette 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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