Senate roll call 67 · 60th Congress · Feb 17, 1909
To amend H.R. 26394 (app. 3-3-09), a bill appropriating for the navy for fiscal 1910, by authorizing the construction of auxiliary ships not to exceed a cost of
On Feb 17, 1909, the Senate voted 30–45 (HR 26394). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–40, Democrats 19–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 30
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 17, 1909
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 40 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- William James Bryan D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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