House roll call 73 · 62nd Congress · Feb 2, 1912
To pass H. R. 18985 (37 stat. 311, 8/17/12), a bill providing for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the U.S. For 1913.
On Feb 2, 1912, the House voted 243–33 (HR 18985). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 122–32, Republicans 120–1, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 243
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Feb 2, 1912
By party
- Democrats122 yes · 32 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans120 yes · 1 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR voted no
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR voted no
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted no
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA voted no
- William Schley Howard D-GA voted no
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA voted no
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted no
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS voted no
- James William Collier D-MS voted no
- John Miller Faison D-NC voted no
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC voted no
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted no
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Martin Dies D-TX voted no
- James Young D-TX voted no
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
- Oscar Callaway D-TX voted no
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
- William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- William Kent R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Lynden Evans 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 Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- George Konig D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-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
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- 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
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- James Alexander Daugherty D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll 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
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago 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
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-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
- 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
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
Did not vote
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- Martin Wiley Littleton D-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-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
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 18985 (37 stat. 311, 8/17/12)…: House Vote, Feb 2, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-73/to-pass-h-r-18985-37-stat-311-8 (accessed 2026-10-17).