To recommit the 1909 urgency deficiency bill, H.R. 11570 (36 stat 118, 8/5/1909), to the committee on conference with instructions to insist on the disagreement

On Aug 4, 1909, the House voted 109–119 (HR 11570). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–119, Democrats 84–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 109
No: 119
Did not vote: 173
Date: Aug 4, 1909

By party

Democrats84 yes · 1 no · 95 didn’t vote
Republicans25 yes · 119 no · 78 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted yes
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted yes

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 recommit the 1909 urgency deficiency…: House Vote, Aug 4, 1909,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-35/to-recommit-the-1909-urgency-deficiency-bill-h-r (accessed 2026-10-15).