House roll call 106 · 62nd Congress · Mar 21, 1912
To suspend the rules and pass H. R. 21597 (37 stat. 1176, 6/19/1912), a bill granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the c
On Mar 21, 1912, the House voted 193–34 (HR 21597). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 101–36, Republicans 93–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 members voted against their own party.
During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 193
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 177
- Date
- Mar 21, 1912
By party
- Democrats101 yes · 36 no · 100 didn’t vote
- Republicans93 yes · 0 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- William Ben Cravens D-AR voted no
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL voted no
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA voted no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA voted no
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA voted no
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted no
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- James William Collier D-MS voted no
- John Miller Faison D-NC voted no
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted no
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC voted no
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
- James Young D-TX voted no
- John Matthew Moore D-TX voted no
- Oscar Callaway D-TX voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- James Alexander Daugherty D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- James Young D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- Martin Wiley Littleton D-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Charles Matthews R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg 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
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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