Senate roll call 148 · 61st Congress · Apr 11, 1910
To amend S. 6737, a bill creating a court of commerce and amending the act regulating commerce by providing the creation of a land court in territories where no
On Apr 11, 1910, the Senate voted 27–34 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–25, Democrats 9–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 27
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 11, 1910
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 9 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ voted yes
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted yes
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN voted no
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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