Senate roll call 237 · 62nd Congress · Aug 3, 1912
To adopt an order regarding inpeachment of robert archbald, furnishes the sergeant of arms with a list of witnesses who shall be subpeonaed by him to appear 12
On Aug 3, 1912, the Senate voted 44–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–5, Democrats 11–14. 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
- 44
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Aug 3, 1912
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted yes
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted yes
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
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
- 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
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- 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
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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