Senate roll call 159 · 61st Congress · May 13, 1910
To amend S. 6737, by providing that it shall be unlawful, for any common carrier subject to provisions of this act. To exact a greater compensation for transpor
On May 13, 1910, the Senate voted 57–10 (S 6737). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–5, Democrats 16–6. 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
- 57
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 13, 1910
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- 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
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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