To amend H.R. 1, by setting up a graduated schedule of pensions beginning at age 62 years, providing that applicants who have served 90 days or more are to be g

On Mar 29, 1912, the Senate voted 29–36 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–18, Democrats 10–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 29
No: 36
Did not vote: 39
Date: Mar 29, 1912

By party

Democrats10 yes · 21 no · 22 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
Harry Alden Richardson R-DE voted no
Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted no
Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
Obadiah Gardner D-ME voted yes
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ voted no
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted no
Elihu Root R-NY voted no
James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
George Sutherland R-UT voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
Clarence Don Clark R-WY 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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