To recommit H. J. RES. 14, a resolution for the admission of arizona and new mexico as states, to the committee on territories with instructions to report back

On May 23, 1911, the House voted 58–215 (HJR 14). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–183, Republicans 65–40, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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: 58
No: 215
Did not vote: 118
Date: May 23, 1911

By party

Democrats0 yes · 183 no · 54 didn’t vote
Republicans65 yes · 40 no · 64 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

William Kent R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
William Dennison Stephens R-CA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS voted no
Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS voted no
Isaac Daniel Young R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
Stanton Warburton R-WA voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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