To amend the amendment to H. R. 20686 (36 stat. 630, app. 6/25/1910), a bill making appropriations for certain public works on rivers and harbors, by authorizin

On Apr 19, 1910, the Senate voted 20–41 (HR 20686). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–31, Democrats 9–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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: 20
No: 41
Did not vote: 42
Date: Apr 19, 1910

By party

Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 31 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
Le Roy Percy D-MS voted yes
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY voted yes
Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the amendment to H. R. 20686 (36…: Senate Vote, Apr 19, 1910,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-S-154/to-amend-the-amendment-to-h-r-20686-36 (accessed 2026-10-17).