Senate roll call 79 · 62nd Congress · Aug 8, 1911
To agree to an amendment as amended to H.J.RES. 14, (3( stat. 39, 8-21-11), admitting the territories of new mexico and arizona as states into the union upon an
On Aug 8, 1911, the Senate voted 26–43 (HJR 14). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–13, Democrats 1–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 26
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Aug 8, 1911
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 33 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Downey Works R-CA voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted no
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Norris Brown R-NE voted no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Elihu Root R-NY
- James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Isaac Stephenson 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
- John Downey Works R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Worth Kern D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- James Edgar Martine D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- William Edwin Chilton D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- 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
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William Purnell Jackson R-MD
- Obadiah Gardner D-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Thomas Benton Catron R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Alexander Massey R-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Luke Lea D-TN
- Newell Sanders R-TN
- William Robert Webb D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Rienzi Melville Johnston D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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