Senate roll call 106 · 62nd Congress · Mar 7, 1912
To amend the treaties of arbitration between great britain and france and the U.S., which amendment eliminates a paragraph agreeing to submit to the joint high
On Mar 7, 1912, the Senate voted 42–40. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 7–37, Democrats 38–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 42
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 7, 1912
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 37 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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