To dispense with calendar wednesday for today. (p.2608)

On Feb 5, 1913, the House voted 103–182. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 93–73, Republicans 10–107, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 83 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: 103
No: 182
Did not vote: 123
Date: Feb 5, 1913

By party

Democrats93 yes · 73 no · 71 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 107 no · 52 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted no
Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL voted no
James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
John Edward Raker D-CA voted no
Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
Frank Clark D-FL voted no
Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA voted no
Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
James McMahon Graham D-IL voted no
Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL voted no
William Allen Cullop D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
Joseph Taggart D-KS voted no
Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
James Campbell Cantrill D-KY voted no
William Jason Fields D-KY voted no
Albert Estopinal D-LA voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
John Alden Thayer D-MA voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted yes
William Francis Murray D-MA voted no
James Harry Covington D-MD voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME voted no
Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME voted no
Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI voted no
Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO voted no
James William Collier D-MS voted no
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ voted no
Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ voted no
Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM voted no
Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted no
Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY voted no
Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH voted no
John Henry Goeke D-OH voted no
Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted no
James Douglass Post D-OH voted no
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH voted no
William Bates Francis D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
James Sanford Davenport D-OK voted no
Charles David Carter D-OK voted no
Michael Donohoe D-PA voted no
Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA voted no
Robert Emmett Lee D-PA voted no
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted no
William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted no
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted yes
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
Edward Everett Holland D-VA voted no
Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted no
Thomas Frank Konop D-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
John William Davis D-WV voted no

And 3 more.

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 dispense with calendar wednesday for…: House Vote, Feb 5, 1913,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-230/to-dispense-with-calendar-wednesday-for-today-p-2608 (accessed 2026-10-17).