To table the amendment to H.R. 28766, which amendment authorizes construction of bridge across potomac river, at a cost of $5,000,000. (p. 4052-2)

On Feb 26, 1913, the Senate voted 24–30 (HR 28766). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–20, Democrats 15–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 24
No: 30
Did not vote: 55
Date: Feb 26, 1913

By party

Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 20 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted no
Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted yes
Thomas Benton Catron R-NM voted yes
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT 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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