To suspend rules and pass bill, by discharging the committee of the whole house on the state of the union from the further consideration of the bill H.R. 32957

On Feb 28, 1911, the House voted 135–157 (HR 32957). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 134–27, Democrats 1–130. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 135
No: 157
Did not vote: 110
Date: Feb 28, 1911

By party

Democrats1 yes · 130 no · 49 didn’t vote
Republicans134 yes · 27 no · 61 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
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
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
John Kronmiller R-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted no
George Cookman Sturgiss 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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