To adjourn, for lack of quorum. (p.3987-2)

On Aug 15, 1911, the House voted 92–155. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–135, Republicans 91–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 92
No: 155
Did not vote: 159
Date: Aug 15, 1911

By party

Democrats1 yes · 135 no · 101 didn’t vote
Republicans91 yes · 21 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
William Dennison Stephens R-CA voted no
Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted no
Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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