Senate roll call 190 · 62nd Congress · Jun 11, 1912
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 24023, which amendment abolishes the court of commerce on and after july 1, 1912; and all laws in so far as they provide for t
On Jun 11, 1912, the Senate voted 24–36 (HR 24023). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–12, Democrats 2–28. 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
- 24
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jun 11, 1912
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 28 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- 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
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the amendment to H.R. 24023…: Senate Vote, Jun 11, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-190/to-agree-to-the-amendment-to-h-r-24023 (accessed 2026-10-17).