Senate roll call 37 · 62nd Congress · Jul 13, 1911
To amend S. RES. 74, abolishing the Senate offices of supt. Of stationery room; asst. Postmaster and mail carrier; by retaining jim jones on the payroll at an a
On Jul 13, 1911, the Senate voted 37–18 (SRE 74). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 25–0. 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
- 37
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jul 13, 1911
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted yes
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- John Netherland Heiskell D-AR
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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