To take up s.c. Res. 5 from the speaker's table and refer to the committee of the whole house on the state of the union; the resolution providing "that the invi

On Jul 12, 1909, the House voted 100–158 (SCR 5). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 92–48, Democrats 8–110. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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: 100
No: 158
Did not vote: 144
Date: Jul 12, 1909

By party

Democrats8 yes · 110 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans92 yes · 48 no · 82 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Frank Clark D-FL voted yes
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA voted yes
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
John Kronmiller R-MD voted no
John Philip Swasey R-ME voted no
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
Charles Luman Knapp R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
William Aubrey Thomas R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted no
William Paine Sheffield R-RI voted no
Adin Ballou Capron R-RI voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Harry Lee Maynard D-VA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford 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

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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