To table the resolution requesting the secretary of commerce and labor to inquire fully into and report to the Senate on the condition of mill workers in lawren

On Feb 27, 1912, the Senate voted 24–37. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–16, Democrats 7–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 24
No: 37
Did not vote: 48
Date: Feb 27, 1912

By party

Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Downey Works R-CA voted no
Simon Guggenheim R-CO voted no
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Norris Brown R-NE voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table the resolution requesting the…: Senate Vote, Feb 27, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-105/to-table-the-resolution-requesting-the-secretary-of-commerce (accessed 2026-10-17).