Senate roll call 62 · 60th Congress · Jan 22, 1909
To amend S.J.RES. 117, centenary of birth of abraham lincoln, by appropriating $50,000 for survey, plans, and estimates of costs for constructing a nat'l highwa
On Jan 22, 1909, the Senate voted 46–24 (SJR 117). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–9, Democrats 5–15. 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
- 46
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 22, 1909
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- William Hall Milton D-FL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Norris Brown R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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