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On Dec 19, 1910, the Senate voted 21–23 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–20, Democrats 7–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 21
No: 23
Did not vote: 57
Date: Dec 19, 1910

By party

Democrats7 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans14 yes · 20 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Lafayette Young R-IA voted yes
Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI 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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