To adopt H. J. RES. 178. (p.2326-1)

On Feb 22, 1912, the House voted 181–61 (HJR 178). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 137–8, Republicans 45–53, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 181
No: 61
Did not vote: 164
Date: Feb 22, 1912

By party

Democrats137 yes · 8 no · 92 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 53 no · 71 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted yes
Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
James Carson Needham R-CA voted yes
William Dennison Stephens R-CA voted yes
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted yes
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted yes
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted yes
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
William Henry Wilder R-MA voted yes
Butler Ames R-MA voted yes
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted no
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted yes
George Curry R-NM voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY voted yes
Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY voted yes
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted yes
James Samuel Simmons R-NY voted yes
Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted yes
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted yes
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted yes
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA voted yes
William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA voted yes
Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA voted yes
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted yes
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted yes
Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA voted yes
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted yes
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted yes
James Anthony Hughes R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt H. J. RES. 178. (p.2326-1): House Vote, Feb 22, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-90/to-adopt-h-j-res-178-p-2326-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).