Senate roll call 183 · 62nd Congress · May 29, 1912
To adjourn to 11 o'clock on friday next, a motion during debate on H.R. 18642. (p. 7386-1)
On May 29, 1912, the Senate voted 22–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–10, Democrats 4–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 22
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- May 29, 1912
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 10 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson 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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