Senate roll call 254 · 61st Congress · Mar 1, 1911
To amend H. R. 32010, by withdrawing section five, which takes away the powers of the tariff board to subpoena witnesses, to take testimony and administer oaths
On Mar 1, 1911, the Senate voted 25–37 (HR 32010). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–37, Democrats 19–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 37
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 1, 1911
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 37 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ voted yes
- John Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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