Senate roll call 225 · 61st Congress · Dec 19, 1910
To amend S. 7971, by eliminating all claims relating to the ship venus that was sailing around the mediterranean sea from gibraltar to java, the claims being to
On Dec 19, 1910, the Senate voted 25–29 (S 7971). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–22, Democrats 9–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Dec 19, 1910
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 22 no · 25 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
- William Warner R-MO 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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