House roll call 53 · 62nd Congress · Dec 13, 1911
To pass S. 2877 (37 stat. 46, 12/21/1911), a bill amending section 67 of the 3/3/1911 act to codify, revise and amend the laws pertaining to the judiciary. (p.
On Dec 13, 1911, the House voted 194–89 (S 2877). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 146–22, Republicans 47–66, Others 1–1. 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
- 194
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 125
- Date
- Dec 13, 1911
By party
- Democrats146 yes · 22 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Republicans47 yes · 66 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted yes
- James Carson Needham R-CA voted yes
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted yes
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Heald R-DE voted yes
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted yes
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Frank Buchanan D-IL voted no
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS voted yes
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- John Wesley Langley R-KY voted yes
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Parran R-MD voted yes
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME voted yes
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI voted yes
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted yes
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted yes
- Horace Olin Young R-MI voted yes
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted yes
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted no
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted no
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted yes
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted no
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted no
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH voted no
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH voted no
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted yes
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK voted yes
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted yes
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
- John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
- James Francis Burke R-PA voted yes
- George Herbert Utter R-RI voted yes
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted yes
- Martin Dies D-TX voted no
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted no
- Oscar Callaway D-TX voted no
- William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted yes
- Frank Plumley R-VT voted yes
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV voted yes
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins 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
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson 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
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- James Young D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-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
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- William Sulzer D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Did not vote
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Kent R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Martin Wiley Littleton D-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Charles Matthews R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- John Lamb D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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