Senate roll call 197 · 62nd Congress · Jun 14, 1912
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 24023, which amendment provides that the five additional circuit court judges, who were appointed to preside over the commerce
On Jun 14, 1912, the Senate voted 23–25 (HR 24023). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 27–3, Democrats 1–23. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Jun 14, 1912
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 3 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt 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
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- 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
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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