To order the previous question, the same being the passage of H. RES. 502. (p. 3435)

On Mar 19, 1910, the House voted 180–159 (HRE 502). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–159, Democrats 145–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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: 180
No: 159
Did not vote: 63
Date: Mar 19, 1910

By party

Democrats145 yes · 0 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 159 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
James William Good R-IA voted yes
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Butler Ames R-MA voted yes
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted yes
Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted yes
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted yes
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI 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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