Senate roll call 24 · 60th Congress · Apr 23, 1908
To amend H.R. 20471, by proposing that the secretary of the navy be authorized to purchase material abroad when same of domestic manufacture can not in his judg
On Apr 23, 1908, the Senate voted 24–36 (HR 20471). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–35, Democrats 19–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 24
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 23, 1908
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 35 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber 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
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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