House roll call 192 · 62nd Congress · Aug 22, 1912
To amend S. 7343, a bill authorizing the alabama power company to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the coosa river, alabama, by eliminating section
On Aug 22, 1912, the House voted 89–98 (S 7343). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 47–78, Republicans 44–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 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
- 98
- Did not vote
- 217
- Date
- Aug 22, 1912
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 78 no · 112 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 22 no · 103 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
- James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL voted yes
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted yes
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN voted yes
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
- Cyrus Cline D-IN voted yes
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- John Alden Thayer D-MA voted yes
- James Michael Curley D-MA voted yes
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI voted yes
- Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander 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
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted yes
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted yes
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted yes
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ voted yes
- George Curry R-NM voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted yes
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted yes
- George White D-OH voted yes
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted no
- Michael Donohoe D-PA voted yes
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted yes
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- William Kent R-CA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- 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
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander 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
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- George White D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker 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
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-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
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- James Alexander Daugherty D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid 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
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- 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 Cox Redfield D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle 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
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Charles Matthews R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
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