Senate roll call 229 · 61st Congress · Dec 20, 1910
To pass S. 7971. (p.578-1)
On Dec 20, 1910, the Senate voted 45–11 (S 7971). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–11, Democrats 17–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 45
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Dec 20, 1910
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- 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
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Warner R-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- 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
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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