To postpone the consideration of the question of the privilege of the census resolution H.J. RES. 172 (36 stat 877, 3/24/1910), enlarging the scope of inquiry o

On Mar 16, 1910, the House voted 121–153 (HJR 172). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 120–37, Democrats 1–117. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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: 121
No: 153
Did not vote: 127
Date: Mar 16, 1910

By party

Democrats1 yes · 117 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans120 yes · 37 no · 65 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot 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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