To suspend rules and take from the speakers table the bill, H.R. 32212 (36 stat 1265, 3/4/1911), making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year

On Mar 3, 1911, the House voted 123–97 (HR 32212). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–95, Republicans 107–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 123
No: 97
Did not vote: 182
Date: Mar 3, 1911

By party

Democrats16 yes · 95 no · 69 didn’t vote
Republicans107 yes · 2 no · 113 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
John Charles Floyd D-AR voted yes
Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
Harvey Helm D-KY voted yes
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
William Graves Sharp D-OH voted yes
William Cannon Houston D-TN voted yes
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
Robert Maclin Lively D-TX voted yes
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and take from the speakers…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1911,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-198/to-suspend-rules-and-take-from-the-speakers-table (accessed 2026-10-17).