To table the amendment to S. 6737, which amendment relates to the appointment of district and circuit court judges to pass upon the constitutionality of a state

On Jun 2, 1910, the Senate voted 28–31 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–16, Democrats 0–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 28
No: 31
Did not vote: 38
Date: Jun 2, 1910

By party

Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans29 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
William Warner R-MO voted no
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
Norris Brown R-NE voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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