Senate roll call 234 · 62nd Congress · Jul 31, 1912
To pass over presidents veto, S. 4862, a bill granting relief to certain persons who supplied labor and materials for the construction of the corbelt tunnel of
On Jul 31, 1912, the Senate voted 42–17 (S 4862). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–21, Democrats 28–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 42
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jul 31, 1912
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
- William Alexander Massey R-NV voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- 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
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams 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
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
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
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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