House roll call 130 · 62nd Congress · May 13, 1912
To recede and concur in Senate amendment with an amendment, to H. J. RES. 39 (37 stat. 646, app. 5/15/1912), a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitu
On May 13, 1912, the House voted 89–189 (HJR 39). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 86–89, Republicans 3–99, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 89 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
- 89
- No
- 189
- Did not vote
- 130
- Date
- May 13, 1912
By party
- Democrats86 yes · 89 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 99 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted yes
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted yes
- John Charles Floyd D-AR voted yes
- William Ben Cravens D-AR voted yes
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted yes
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted yes
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA voted yes
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA voted yes
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted yes
- William Schley Howard D-GA voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted yes
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted yes
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Taggart D-KS voted yes
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY voted yes
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted yes
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA voted yes
- James Harry Covington D-MD voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted yes
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS voted yes
- James William Collier D-MS voted yes
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
- Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- John Miller Faison D-NC voted yes
- Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted yes
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted yes
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted yes
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- David Edward Finley D-SC voted yes
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted yes
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
- Cordell Hull D-TN voted yes
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted yes
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Martin Dies D-TX voted yes
- James Young D-TX voted yes
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted yes
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted yes
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted yes
- John Matthew Moore D-TX voted yes
- Oscar Callaway D-TX voted yes
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson 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
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- 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
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- William Kent R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- 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
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince 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
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-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
- 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
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-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
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- 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
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen 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
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- John Richard Farr R-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
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- George Konig D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- 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
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres 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
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-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
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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