To amend a motion to recommit to the committee on the post office and post roads, with instructions, H. R. 21279, instructing committee to concur in Senate amen

On Aug 16, 1912, the House voted 144–85 (HR 21279). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 142–3, Republicans 4–84. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 7 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: 144
No: 85
Did not vote: 175
Date: Aug 16, 1912

By party

Democrats142 yes · 3 no · 92 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 84 no · 81 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA voted no
Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA 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 amend a motion to recommit to the…: House Vote, Aug 16, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-184/to-amend-a-motion-to-recommit-to-the-committee (accessed 2026-10-16).