Senate roll call 23 · 60th Congress · Apr 23, 1908
To table, the amendment to H.R. 20471, which amendment proposes to eliminate the clause providing that all material used in the construction of vessels for the
On Apr 23, 1908, the Senate voted 48–9 (HR 20471). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–0, Democrats 6–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 48
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 23, 1908
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans47 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- 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
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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