To recommit the bill H.R. 30566, apportionment of representatives in Congress among the several states under the 13th decennial census, with instructions to the

On Feb 9, 1911, the House voted 133–171 (HR 30566). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 144–24, Democrats 3–161. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 133
No: 171
Did not vote: 70
Date: Feb 9, 1911

By party

Democrats3 yes · 161 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans144 yes · 24 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
Thomas Ray Hamer R-ID voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted yes
Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted no
John Philip Swasey R-ME voted no
Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME voted no
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted no
John Gaston Grant R-NC voted no
Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND voted no
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
William Graves Sharp D-OH voted yes
Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
Zachary David Massey R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
James Anthony Hughes R-WV 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 bill H.R. 30566…: House Vote, Feb 9, 1911,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-161/to-recommit-the-bill-h-r-30566-apportionment-of (accessed 2026-10-16).