House roll call 86 · 61st Congress · Mar 30, 1910
To recommit the naval observatory bill H.R. 22685, establishing a naval observatory and defining its duties, to the committee on naval affairs, with instruction
On Mar 30, 1910, the House voted 91–147 (HR 22685). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–118, Democrats 68–29. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 91
- No
- 147
- Did not vote
- 164
- Date
- Mar 30, 1910
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 29 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 118 no · 81 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted no
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted no
- William Richardson D-AL voted no
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR voted no
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- William Oscar Barnard R-IN voted yes
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted no
- James Harry Covington D-MD voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO voted no
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted no
- William Henry Draper R-NY voted yes
- George Newell Southwick R-NY voted yes
- George Roland Malby R-NY voted yes
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
- Albert Douglas R-OH voted yes
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
- William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
- George Washington Gordon D-TN voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- James Hay D-VA voted no
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- William Oscar Barnard R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- 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
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Thomas Ray Hamer R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Kronmiller R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- 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
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Politte Elvins R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan R-MO
- Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- William Halsted Wiley R-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- Richard Young R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- Charles Stephen Millington R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- James Joyce R-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth 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
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Hay D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Wallace Mccredie R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- William James Moxley R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Frederick Lundin R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Samuel Louis Gilmore D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- Eugene Noble Foss D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Charles Augustus Crow R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- John Motley Morehead R-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Charles Holden Cowles R-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Gaston Grant R-NC
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- James Smith Havens D-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Henry Wilbur Palmer 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
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- John Kinley Tener R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Zachary David Massey R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Robert Maclin Lively D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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