Senate roll call 46 · 61st Congress · Jun 10, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by substituting for paragraph #375 (not given) a duty on blankets, flannels, and hats composed wholly or partially of wool, hair of goat, a
On Jun 10, 1909, the Senate voted 29–43 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–42, Democrats 21–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 29
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 10, 1909
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 42 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro 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
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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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