To adjourn, made during debate on bills on private calendar. (p. 2869-1)

On Feb 18, 1911, the House voted 47–135. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–110, Republicans 52–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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: 47
No: 135
Did not vote: 208
Date: Feb 18, 1911

By party

Democrats2 yes · 110 no · 68 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 30 no · 140 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall 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
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted yes
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
John Philip Swasey R-ME voted no
Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN 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
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
James Samuel Simmons R-NY voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Charles Edward Creager R-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Zachary David Massey R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary 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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