Senate roll call 150 · 62nd Congress · May 6, 1912
To amend S. 5382, by eliminating the word "exclusive" in the title and substituting the word "optional" and by eliminating the third section which excludes an e
On May 6, 1912, the Senate voted 26–52 (S 5382). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–44, Democrats 26–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 6, 1912
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 44 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- 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 Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-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
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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