Senate roll call 237 · 61st Congress · Feb 2, 1911
To pass S. 6708. (the vice-President voted yes to break the tie.) (p. 1825-1)
On Feb 2, 1911, the Senate voted 39–39 (S 6708). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 41–13, Democrats 0–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 39
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 2, 1911
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA 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
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD 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
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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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