To consider H.R. 12812, a bill reducing the duties on manufactures of cotton. (p. 3876-2)

On Aug 11, 1911, the Senate voted 16–24 (HR 12812). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Democrats 5–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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: 16
No: 24
Did not vote: 66
Date: Aug 11, 1911

By party

Democrats5 yes · 12 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
Henry Eben Burnham R-NH voted yes
George Stuart Nixon R-NV voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
George Tener Oliver R-PA voted yes
Henry Frederick Lippitt R-RI voted yes
Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
William Edwin Chilton D-WV voted yes
Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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