Senate roll call 261 · 62nd Congress · Aug 13, 1912
To amend H.R. 21279, by providing that in case of emergency, or if needs of service require, letter carriers in the city delivery service and clerks in "1 and 2
On Aug 13, 1912, the Senate voted 20–40 (HR 21279). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–27, Democrats 11–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Aug 13, 1912
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 27 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Peabody Wetmore 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
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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