To agree to the report of committee on conference to H.R. 24023, a bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the gover

On Aug 7, 1912, the Senate voted 30–19 (HR 24023). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–16, Democrats 16–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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: 30
No: 19
Did not vote: 55
Date: Aug 7, 1912

By party

Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 31 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 16 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID 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
Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
William Alexander Massey R-NV voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted no
Newell Sanders R-TN voted no
William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the report of committee on…: Senate Vote, Aug 7, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-244/to-agree-to-the-report-of-committee-on-conference (accessed 2026-10-17).