Senate roll call 169 · 62nd Congress · May 6, 1912
To pass S. 5382.
On May 6, 1912, the Senate voted 64–15 (S 5382). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 46–0, Democrats 22–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 64
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 6, 1912
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans46 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeff Davis D-AR voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- 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 Squire Kenyon 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
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- 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
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson 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
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst 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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
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
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.