To table the resolution ordering the judiciary committee to report to the Senate whether the President was authorized to permit the absorption of the tennessee

On Jan 8, 1909, the Senate voted 14–47. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–26, Democrats 0–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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: 14
No: 47
Did not vote: 32
Date: Jan 8, 1909

By party

Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans14 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harry Alden Richardson R-DE voted yes
Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
William Warner R-MO voted yes
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
John Kean R-NJ voted yes
Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY voted yes
Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table the resolution ordering the…: Senate Vote, Jan 8, 1909,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-S-50/to-table-the-resolution-ordering-the-judiciary-committee-to (accessed 2026-10-17).