Senate roll call 83 · 60th Congress · Mar 3, 1909
To refer to the committee on judiciary the resolution dealing with relations between Congress and executive depts. Stating that any public documents, papers, or
On Mar 3, 1909, the Senate voted 52–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–0, Democrats 0–27. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 60th Congress (1907–1908), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 52
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 3, 1909
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Frank Boyd Gary D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- William Hall Milton D-FL
- William James Bryan D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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