To amend H. R. 2331, a bill making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1911, by authorizing the President to have one (inst

On May 23, 1910, the Senate voted 26–39 (HR 2331). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–38, Democrats 19–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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: 26
No: 39
Did not vote: 31
Date: May 23, 1910

By party

Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 38 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY 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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