Senate roll call 1 · 61st Congress · Apr 20, 1909
To agree to the report of the conference committee regarding amendments to H. R. 1033 (36 stat. L. 1, app. 7/2/1909), a bill providing for the thirteenth and su
On Apr 20, 1909, the Senate voted 32–43 (HR 1033). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–23, Democrats 6–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 members voted against their own party.
During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Apr 20, 1909
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted no
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted no
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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