House roll call 54 · 61st Congress · Feb 23, 1910
To amend the bankruptcy bill H.R. 20575 (36 stat 838, 6/25/1910), amending the 1898 bankruptcy act and its amendatory and supplementary acts, by adding a new se
On Feb 23, 1910, the House voted 90–166 (HR 20575). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–126, Democrats 81–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 90
- No
- 166
- Did not vote
- 145
- Date
- Feb 23, 1910
By party
- Democrats81 yes · 41 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 126 no · 87 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted no
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
- John William Boehne D-IN voted no
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN voted no
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
- Cyrus Cline D-IN voted no
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted no
- John Austin Keliher D-MA voted no
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted no
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted no
- Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted no
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted no
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted yes
- William Graves Sharp D-OH voted no
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted no
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA voted yes
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted no
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
- George Washington Gordon D-TN voted no
- Martin Dies D-TX voted no
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted no
- James Hay D-VA voted no
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Thomas Ray Hamer R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William James Moxley R-IL
- Frederick Lundin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh 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
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Politte Elvins R-MO
- Charles Augustus Crow R-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- John Gaston Grant R-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- Charles Stephen Millington R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- James Henry Cassidy R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Charles Edward Creager R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- John Kinley Tener R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- William Wallace Mccredie R-WA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Oscar Barnard R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Samuel Louis Gilmore D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-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
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan R-MO
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- John Motley Morehead R-NC
- Charles Holden Cowles R-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- 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
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law 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
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- James Smith Havens D-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- James Joyce R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA
- Charles Clarence Pratt R-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham 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
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Zachary David Massey R-TN
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Robert Maclin Lively D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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