To dispense with the call of the calendar under rule 14 and so expedite the order of business. (p. 1771-1)

On Feb 1, 1911, the House voted 28–279. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–138, Democrats 2–141. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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: 28
No: 279
Did not vote: 95
Date: Feb 1, 1911

By party

Democrats2 yes · 141 no · 37 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 138 no · 58 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
Frederick Lundin R-IL voted yes
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted yes
William Oscar Barnard R-IN voted yes
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted yes
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted yes
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted yes
Politte Elvins R-MO voted yes
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted yes
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted yes
William Halsted Wiley R-NJ voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted yes
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA voted yes
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted yes
James Francis Burke R-PA voted yes
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted yes
Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To dispense with the call of the calendar…: House Vote, Feb 1, 1911,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-156/to-dispense-with-the-call-of-the-calendar-under (accessed 2026-10-17).