To amend an amendment to H.R.23464, by providing that the salary of the speaker of the house after mar. 3, 1909, shall be $15,000 a year instead of $20,000. (p

On Jan 18, 1909, the Senate voted 34–32 (HR 23464). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–31, Democrats 21–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 34
No: 32
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jan 18, 1909

By party

Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 31 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted no
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted yes
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
William Warner R-MO voted yes
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
Charles William Fulton R-OR voted yes
George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI 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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