To order the previous question on H. RES. 429, a resolution authorizing the committee on banking and currency to determine what legislation is needed, and to ma

On Feb 24, 1912, the House voted 170–106 (HRE 429). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 164–3, Republicans 6–101, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 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: 170
No: 106
Did not vote: 132
Date: Feb 24, 1912

By party

Democrats164 yes · 3 no · 70 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 101 no · 62 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
John Alden Thayer D-MA voted no
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted yes
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted yes
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted yes
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To order the previous question on H. RES…: House Vote, Feb 24, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-93/to-order-the-previous-question-on-h-res-429 (accessed 2026-10-16).