Senate roll call 16 · 62nd Congress · May 29, 1911
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. RES. 6, (substituted by S. RES. 51), appointing a special committee to investigate certain charges relative to the e
On May 29, 1911, the Senate voted 19–52. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–28, Democrats 6–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 29, 1911
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 28 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeff Davis D-AR voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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