House roll call 144 · 62nd Congress · May 31, 1912
To order the previous question on H. RES. 475, a resolution which provides rules for consideration of H. J. RES. 204, a resolution proposing an amendment to the
On May 31, 1912, the House voted 69–143 (HRE 475). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–93, Republicans 32–50, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 68 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
- 69
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 195
- Date
- May 31, 1912
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 93 no · 108 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 50 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
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
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted yes
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted yes
- William Kent R-CA voted yes
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT voted yes
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted yes
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted yes
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS voted yes
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS voted yes
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS voted yes
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Wilder R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Parran R-MD voted yes
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
- Horace Olin Young R-MI voted yes
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted yes
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted yes
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM voted yes
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Henry George Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA voted yes
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA voted yes
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted yes
- John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD 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
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX voted yes
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Smith D-TX voted yes
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted yes
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted yes
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
- William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- William Kent R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy 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
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- 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
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- 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
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- 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
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- George Konig D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- James Alexander Daugherty D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- William John Browning R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- William Hughes 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
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-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
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty 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
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago 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
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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