Senate roll call 164 · 62nd Congress · May 6, 1912
To amend S. 5382, by adding a clause, that if the employer, through its officers and agents, had received knowledge of the accident within thirty days after the
On May 6, 1912, the Senate voted 23–49 (S 5382). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–43, Democrats 23–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 23
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 6, 1912
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 6 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 43 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME voted no
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- 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
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson 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 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
- 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
- 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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- 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
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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