House roll call 124 · 62nd Congress · May 8, 1912
To amend H. R. 17756, a bill amending an act (app. 7/1/1902) providing for the civil government in the philippine islands which amendment provides that the phil
On May 8, 1912, the House voted 188–43 (HR 17756). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 117–22, Republicans 71–20, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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
- 188
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 176
- Date
- May 8, 1912
By party
- Democrats117 yes · 22 no · 98 didn’t vote
- Republicans71 yes · 20 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
- William Kent R-CA voted no
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- James William Good R-IA voted no
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
- William Raymond Green R-IA voted no
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
- Lynden Evans D-IL voted no
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL voted no
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS voted no
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS voted no
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS voted no
- Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
- James Michael Curley D-MA voted no
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
- Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted no
- George White D-OH voted no
- William Bates Francis D-OH voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
- Stanton Warburton R-WA voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss 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
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt 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
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- James Young D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- William Kent R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-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
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- Martin Wiley Littleton D-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer 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
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Charles Matthews R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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