Senate roll call 20 · 60th Congress · Apr 15, 1908
To pass S. 122, a bill authorizing the purchase of sites for public buildings in the district of columbia.
On Apr 15, 1908, the Senate voted 33–18 (S 122). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–7, Democrats 4–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 33
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Apr 15, 1908
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 7 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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 Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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