To reconsider vote by which amendment to H.R. 26680 was agreed to, which amendment fixes salary of g.h. Carter, clerk to committee on printing, at $3,000. (p.

On Jan 16, 1913, the Senate voted 32–28 (HR 26680). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–27, Democrats 22–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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: 32
No: 28
Did not vote: 47
Date: Jan 16, 1913

By party

Democrats22 yes · 3 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Paul Clarke D-AR voted no
John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes

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 reconsider vote by which amendment to…: Senate Vote, Jan 16, 1913,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-311/to-reconsider-vote-by-which-amendment-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).