Senate roll call 70 · 62nd Congress · Aug 1, 1911
To amend H.R. 4413, by including in the free list, rice, cleaned; uncleaned or free of the outer hull and still having the inner cuticle on; rice flour, rice me
On Aug 1, 1911, the Senate voted 30–45 (HR 4413). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–21, Democrats 10–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 30 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
- 30
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 1, 1911
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted yes
- Knute Nelson 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted yes
- Elihu Root R-NY voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Knute Nelson 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp 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
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
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
- Simon Guggenheim R-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
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- 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
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