Senate roll call 39 · 62nd Congress · Jul 14, 1911
To amend H.R. 4412, by reducing duty on sugar, and sugar products, imported into the U.S. Or its possessions, except the phillipine islands, guam, and tutuila,
On Jul 14, 1911, the Senate voted 8–39 (HR 4412). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–25, Democrats 0–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 8
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jul 14, 1911
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 19 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- 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
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- Robert Love Taylor D-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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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