On concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment to the commerce courts bill H.R. 17536 (36 stat 539, 6/18/1910), creating commerce courts and amending the a

On Jun 7, 1910, the House voted 156–162 (HR 17536). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–157, Democrats 133–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.

During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 156
No: 162
Did not vote: 80
Date: Jun 7, 1910

By party

Democrats133 yes · 6 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 157 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted no
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
Charles Augustus Crow R-MO voted yes
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted no
Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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