Senate roll call 65 · 60th Congress · Feb 10, 1909
To go into executive session.
On Feb 10, 1909, the Senate voted 39–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–13, Democrats 14–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 39
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 10, 1909
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 13 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA voted no
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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