To agree to the substitute for H. R. 21486, a bill to regulate the granting of restraining orders and injunctions.

On May 14, 1912, the House voted 48–220 (HR 21486). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–162, Republicans 49–58, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 49 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: 48
No: 220
Did not vote: 138
Date: May 14, 1912

By party

Democrats0 yes · 162 no · 75 didn’t vote
Republicans49 yes · 58 no · 62 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Dennison Stephens R-CA voted yes
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted yes
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted yes
William Henry Heald R-DE voted yes
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
John Charles Mckenzie R-IL voted yes
James Mckinney R-IL voted yes
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted yes
Butler Ames R-MA voted yes
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
Robert Orr Harris R-MA voted yes
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted yes
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted yes
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted yes
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO voted yes
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted yes
William John Browning R-NJ voted yes
John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted yes
Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY voted yes
George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted yes
George Roland Malby R-NY voted yes
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted yes
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
William Scott Vare R-PA voted yes
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted yes
Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
William Walton Griest R-PA voted yes
Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted yes
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted yes
John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted yes
Joseph Howell R-UT voted yes
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted yes
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the substitute for H. R. 21486…: House Vote, May 14, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-134/to-agree-to-the-substitute-for-h-r-21486 (accessed 2026-10-17).