To amend H.R. 23464, by fixing the salary of the district court judges at $9,000 a year. (p. 1208-2)

On Jan 21, 1909, the Senate voted 30–38 (HR 23464). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–19, Democrats 2–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 30
No: 38
Did not vote: 26
Date: Jan 21, 1909

By party

Democrats2 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans28 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
William Warner R-MO voted no
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
Norris Brown R-NE voted no
Charles William Fulton R-OR voted no
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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