Senate roll call 32 · 61st Congress · Jun 5, 1909
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 1438, which amendment relates to tariff rates on bleached and unbleached cotton cloth of various descriptions.
On Jun 5, 1909, the Senate voted 41–30 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–10, Democrats 2–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 41
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 5, 1909
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford 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
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- 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
- Stephen Benton Elkins 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
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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