Senate roll call 230 · 61st Congress · Jan 13, 1911
To adjourn, a motion made during debate on S. J. RES. 134, relating to election of senators by direct vote, by proposing an amendment to the constitution which
On Jan 13, 1911, the Senate voted 17–43. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–26, Democrats 2–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 17
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 13, 1911
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted yes
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-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
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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