House roll call 197 · 61st Congress · Mar 2, 1911
To move the previous question, in order to shut off debate and bring to a direct immediate vote the agreement to the conference report on the bill, S. 7031 (36
On Mar 2, 1911, the House voted 155–37 (S 7031). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 95–2, Democrats 60–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 155
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 210
- Date
- Mar 2, 1911
By party
- Democrats60 yes · 35 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Republicans95 yes · 2 no · 125 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted no
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA voted no
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted no
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted no
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted no
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted no
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted no
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC voted no
- David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
- George Washington Gordon D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX voted no
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
- William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Thomas Ray Hamer R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William James Moxley R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Politte Elvins R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan R-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- John Motley Morehead R-NC
- Charles Holden Cowles R-NC
- John Gaston Grant R-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- James Henry Cassidy R-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Charles Clarence Pratt R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Robert Maclin Lively D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Frederick Lundin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- William Oscar Barnard R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Samuel Louis Gilmore D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Eugene Noble Foss D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Kronmiller R-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Charles Augustus Crow R-MO
- Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- William Halsted Wiley R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Richard Young R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Stephen Millington R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- James Smith Havens D-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- James Joyce R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Charles Edward Creager R-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA
- Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- John Kinley Tener R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Zachary David Massey R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- William Wallace Mccredie R-WA
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
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