On adopting of H. RES. 974, being substitute to H. RES. 972, providing for the consideration of H.R. 32216, and that immediately upon adoption of this resolutio

On Feb 14, 1911, the House voted 200–107 (HRE 974). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–102, Democrats 136–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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: 200
No: 107
Did not vote: 87
Date: Feb 14, 1911

By party

Democrats136 yes · 9 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans68 yes · 102 no · 52 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted yes
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted yes
James Carson Needham R-CA voted yes
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted yes
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted yes
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted yes
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
James Mckinney R-IL voted yes
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
William Oscar Barnard R-IN voted yes
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted yes
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted yes
Albert Estopinal D-LA voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
John Kronmiller R-MD voted yes
Edwin Denby R-MI voted yes
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted yes
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
William Halsted Wiley R-NJ voted yes
William Willets Cocks R-NY voted yes
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted yes
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
William Henry Draper R-NY voted yes
Cyrus Durey R-NY voted yes
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted yes
Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted yes
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
Albert Douglas R-OH voted yes
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted yes
James Henry Cassidy R-OH voted yes
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA voted yes
Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA voted yes
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted yes
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted yes
James Francis Burke R-PA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
William Paine Sheffield R-RI voted yes
George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted no
Zachary David Massey R-TN voted yes
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted yes
William Wallace Mccredie R-WA voted yes
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted yes
George Cookman Sturgiss 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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