To adjourn, made during debate on bills on private calendar. (p. 2858-2)

On Feb 18, 1911, the House voted 73–130. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–95, Republicans 60–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 73
No: 130
Did not vote: 198
Date: Feb 18, 1911

By party

Democrats13 yes · 95 no · 72 didn’t vote
Republicans60 yes · 36 no · 126 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
James McMahon Graham D-IL voted yes
Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
William Allen Cullop D-IN voted yes
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted no
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted yes
Charles Henry Morgan R-MO voted no
Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted no
John Gaston Grant R-NC voted no
John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted yes
Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Charles Edward Creager R-OK voted no
Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
William Paine Sheffield R-RI voted no
Zachary David Massey R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
Charles Herman Weisse D-WI voted yes
Gustav Küstermann 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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