To resolve the house into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, in order to stop debate on bills on the private calendar, and proceed to t

On Feb 18, 1911, the House voted 98–180 (HR 32212). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 97–49, Democrats 1–131. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 98
No: 180
Did not vote: 124
Date: Feb 18, 1911

By party

Democrats1 yes · 131 no · 48 didn’t vote
Republicans97 yes · 49 no · 76 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Politte Elvins R-MO voted no
Charles Augustus Crow R-MO voted no
Charles Henry Morgan R-MO voted no
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted no
John Gaston Grant R-NC voted no
Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Charles Edward Creager R-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA 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
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard 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 resolve the house into the committee of…: House Vote, Feb 18, 1911,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-175/to-resolve-the-house-into-the-committee-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).