To recommit the postal savings bank bill S. 5876, to the committee on post offices and post roads. (p. 7767)

On Jun 9, 1910, the House voted 118–187 (S 5876). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–175, Democrats 118–13. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 14 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: 118
No: 187
Did not vote: 95
Date: Jun 9, 1910

By party

Democrats118 yes · 13 no · 49 didn’t vote
Republicans1 yes · 175 no · 46 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted no
Eugene Noble Foss D-MA voted no
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
James Smith Havens D-NY voted no
William Graves Sharp D-OH voted no
Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit the postal savings bank bill S…: House Vote, Jun 9, 1910,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-121/to-recommit-the-postal-savings-bank-bill-s-5876 (accessed 2026-10-17).