Senate roll call 95 · 61st Congress · Jun 28, 1909
To amend H. R. 1438, by placing on the free list, all hoop or band iron or steel, coated or not coated with paint or any other preparation, with or without buc
On Jun 28, 1909, the Senate voted 31–38 (HR 1438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–39, Democrats 26–0. 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
- 31
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 28, 1909
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 39 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD 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
- 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
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- 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
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor 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
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah 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
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Warner R-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- 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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