Senate roll call 187 · 61st Congress · Jun 3, 1910
To amend S. 6737, by eliminating the authority of only the chief justice of the supreme court to assign matters to the court of commerce, and providing that it
On Jun 3, 1910, the Senate voted 18–39 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–38, Democrats 13–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 18
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jun 3, 1910
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 38 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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