Senate roll call 102 · 61st Congress · Jul 3, 1909
To agree to an amendment as amended to H. R. 1438, which amendment would exempt from the duty list, mutual insurance companies or corporations, and companies or
On Jul 3, 1909, the Senate voted 59–11 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–8, Democrats 18–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 59
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 3, 1909
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO voted no
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
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