To agree to the report of committee on conference on H.R. 18956, a bill making appropriation for the army for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1913, which report

On Jun 10, 1912, the Senate voted 27–24 (HR 18956). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–14, Democrats 16–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: 27
No: 24
Did not vote: 48
Date: Jun 10, 1912

By party

Democrats16 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans17 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
John Downey Works R-CA voted no
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
William O'Connell Bradley R-KY voted no
John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
Elihu Root R-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
George Sutherland R-UT voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV voted no
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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