Senate roll call 189 · 61st Congress · Jun 3, 1910
To amend S. 6737, by eliminating the first and second sections of the bill, providing for a court of commerce, and its functioning powers. (p.7359-2)
On Jun 3, 1910, the Senate voted 25–38 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–39, Democrats 21–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 25
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 3, 1910
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 39 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- 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
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- 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
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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