To pass H. R. 23669, a bill providing for the disposition of town sites in connection with reclamation projects. (p.1573)

On Jan 24, 1913, the House voted 107–152 (HR 23669). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–146, Republicans 93–5, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 21 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: 107
No: 152
Did not vote: 147
Date: Jan 24, 1913

By party

Democrats16 yes · 146 no · 75 didn’t vote
Republicans93 yes · 5 no · 71 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted yes
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted yes
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
Lynden Evans D-IL voted yes
George Arthur Neeley D-KS voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI voted yes
Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted yes
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted yes
Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted yes
Michael Donohoe D-PA voted yes
Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted yes
Thomas Frank Konop D-WI 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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