Senate roll call 277 · 62nd Congress · Aug 21, 1912
To pass over presidents' veto H.R. 26321, a bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for fiscal 1913.
On Aug 21, 1912, the Senate voted 34–27 (HR 26321). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–27, Democrats 29–3. 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
- 34
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Aug 21, 1912
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- John Downey Works R-CA
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- 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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