Senate roll call 168 · 62nd Congress · May 6, 1912
To postpone until monday, may 27, consideration of S. 5382. (p. 5958-2)
On May 6, 1912, the Senate voted 24–55 (S 5382). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–44, Democrats 24–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 24
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 6, 1912
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 44 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- 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
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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