House roll call 174 · 61st Congress · Feb 17, 1911
To dispense with proceedings in order today on the private calendar, and to take up for consideration the bill S. 7971, allowing certain claims reported by the
On Feb 17, 1911, the House voted 29–145. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–107, Republicans 29–38. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 29
- No
- 145
- Did not vote
- 228
- Date
- Feb 17, 1911
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 107 no · 73 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 38 no · 155 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted yes
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted yes
- William James Moxley R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
- James Monroe Miller R-KS voted yes
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted yes
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted yes
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted yes
- Joseph Howell R-UT voted yes
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- William James Moxley R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan R-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Charles Holden Cowles R-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Gaston Grant R-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Zachary David Massey R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Maclin Lively D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
Did not vote
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Thomas Ray Hamer R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Frederick Lundin R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Oscar Barnard R-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Samuel Louis Gilmore D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Eugene Noble Foss D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Kronmiller R-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Politte Elvins R-MO
- Charles Augustus Crow R-MO
- Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- John Motley Morehead R-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- William Halsted Wiley R-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Richard Young R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Stephen Millington R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- James Smith Havens D-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- James Joyce R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- James Henry Cassidy R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Charles Edward Creager R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA
- Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA
- Charles Clarence Pratt R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- John Kinley Tener R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- William Wallace Mccredie R-WA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
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