To pass H. R. 17029 (37 stat. 119, app. 5/29/1912), a bill authorizing the secretary of war to convert the regimental army post at fort oglethorpe, ga., into a

On Feb 28, 1912, the House voted 177–40 (HR 17029). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 141–5, Republicans 36–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 177
No: 40
Did not vote: 191
Date: Feb 28, 1912

By party

Democrats141 yes · 5 no · 91 didn’t vote
Republicans36 yes · 35 no · 98 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Kent R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
Isaac Daniel Young R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME voted no
William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted no
Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA voted no
Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA voted no
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
George Herbert Utter R-RI voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 17029 (37 stat. 119, app…: House Vote, Feb 28, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-95/to-pass-h-r-17029-37-stat-119-app (accessed 2026-10-17).