Senate roll call 101 · 62nd Congress · Jan 30, 1912
To amend S. 252, by prohibiting any representative of the bureau from entering or remaining in a private dwelling, in any state, without knowledge or consent of
On Jan 30, 1912, the Senate voted 30–42 (S 252). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–36, Democrats 25–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 30, 1912
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 36 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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