Senate roll call 79 · 61st Congress · Jun 23, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by reducing the duty from 60 cents to 40 cents per ton on bituminous and shale coal, in lieu of former paragraph on same subject. (p.3706-
On Jun 23, 1909, the Senate voted 28–45 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–38, Democrats 12–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 28
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 23, 1909
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis 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
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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