Senate roll call 82 · 61st Congress · Jun 25, 1909
To amend an amendment to H. R. 1438, by withdrawing wrought and cast scrap iron and steel, from the duty list, and retaining a duty of $2.50 per ton, on iron in
On Jun 25, 1909, the Senate voted 28–42 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–38, Democrats 18–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 25, 1909
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 38 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett 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
- 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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- 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
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Gordon D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Joseph Weldon Bailey 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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