Senate roll call 69 · 62nd Congress · Aug 1, 1911
To amend H.R. 4413, by placing on the free list wood pulp, newsprint and other paper, paper board, not including wall paper. (p. 3433-2)
On Aug 1, 1911, the Senate voted 25–53 (HR 4413). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–35, Democrats 16–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Aug 1, 1911
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 35 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeff Davis D-AR voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- John Worth Kern D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Norris Brown R-NE voted yes
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- James Henry Brady R-ID
- Kirtland Irving Perky D-ID
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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