Senate roll call 129 · 62nd Congress · Mar 29, 1912
To pass H.R. 1.
On Mar 29, 1912, the Senate voted 51–16 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–0, Democrats 13–19. 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
- 51
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 29, 1912
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- 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
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.