To consider a privileged report from the committee on interstate and foreign commerce on the bill H. RES. 962, calling on the secretary of commerce and labor fo

On Feb 17, 1911, the House voted 74–178 (HRE 962). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–130, Republicans 74–48. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 74
No: 178
Did not vote: 150
Date: Feb 17, 1911

By party

Democrats0 yes · 130 no · 50 didn’t vote
Republicans74 yes · 48 no · 100 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Gerrit John Diekema R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Politte Elvins R-MO voted no
Charles Henry Morgan R-MO voted no
Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted no
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted no
John Gaston Grant R-NC voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht 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
Frank Plumley R-VT voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse 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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