To resolve the house into the committee of the whole, for the purpose of considering the bills on the private calendar. (p. 2850-1)

On Feb 18, 1911, the House voted 187–57. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 131–1, Republicans 57–57. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 58 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: 187
No: 57
Did not vote: 156
Date: Feb 18, 1911

By party

Democrats131 yes · 1 no · 48 didn’t vote
Republicans57 yes · 57 no · 108 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
William Henry Heald R-DE voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
William James Moxley R-IL voted no
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Frank Orren Lowden R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
William Oscar Barnard R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
William Halsted Wiley R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
John Emory Andrus R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted no
George Roland Malby R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
James Kennedy R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
James Henry Cassidy R-OH voted no
Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA voted no
Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA voted no
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
William Wallace Mccredie R-WA voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
Joseph Holt Gaines 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-176/to-resolve-the-house-into-the-committee-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).