To resolve the house into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, to consider the bill, H.R. 32216. (p. 2506-2)

On Feb 14, 1911, the House voted 243–38 (HR 32216). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 140–2, Republicans 104–38. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 243
No: 38
Did not vote: 118
Date: Feb 14, 1911

By party

Democrats140 yes · 2 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans104 yes · 38 no · 80 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
William James Moxley R-IL voted no
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted no
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Charles Henry Morgan R-MO voted no
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted no
Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
John Gaston Grant R-NC voted no
Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
George Roland Malby R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
William Aubrey Thomas R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Charles Edward Creager R-OK voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted no
William Harrison Graham R-PA voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI 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 resolve the house into the committee of…: House Vote, Feb 14, 1911,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-163/to-resolve-the-house-into-the-committee-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).