House roll call 203 · 62nd Congress · Dec 16, 1912
To amend the motion to limit debate on S. 3974 (37 stat. 647 app. 2/19/1912), a bill increasing the limit of cost of the U.S. Public building at denver, colo.,
On Dec 16, 1912, the House voted 132–118 (S 3974). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–115, Republicans 91–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 132
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 157
- Date
- Dec 16, 1912
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 115 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Republicans91 yes · 3 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted yes
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted yes
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL voted yes
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS voted yes
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted yes
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI voted yes
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- William Patterson Borland D-MO voted yes
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted yes
- Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted yes
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
- Henry George Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted yes
- James Douglass Post D-OH voted yes
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted no
- Michael Donohoe D-PA voted yes
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA voted yes
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA voted yes
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Martin Dies D-TX voted yes
- Oscar Callaway D-TX voted yes
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted yes
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted yes
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI voted yes
- John William Davis D-WV voted yes
- John M. Hamilton D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Kent R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-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
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
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
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- James Alexander Daugherty D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- 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
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-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
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-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
- Daniel Joseph Riordan 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
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-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
- 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
- Charles Matthews R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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