Senate roll call 64 · 61st Congress · Jun 16, 1909
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 1438, which amendment relates to the admittance, free from duty, of imports from the philippine islands, except rice and suga
On Jun 16, 1909, the Senate voted 42–28 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–6, Democrats 0–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 42
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 16, 1909
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Elihu Root R-NY 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- 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
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown 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
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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