Senate roll call 129 · 61st Congress · Aug 5, 1909
To table the amendment to the Senate con. Res., which amendment proposes to admit free of duty hides of cattle raw or cured, and all goods finished or unfinishe
On Aug 5, 1909, the Senate voted 43–23. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–3, Democrats 0–23. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 43
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 5, 1909
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans47 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
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
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- 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
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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