Senate roll call 221 · 61st Congress · Dec 19, 1910
To amend S. 7971, by inserting "all claims of attorneys fees incurred in the prosecution of aforesaid claim (french spoliation) shall be submitted to the probat
On Dec 19, 1910, the Senate voted 27–21 (S 7971). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 11–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 27
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Dec 19, 1910
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Lafayette Young R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA voted yes
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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