To reconsider vote on an amendment offered by senator bryan to H.R. 21279, which amendment allows compensatory time to postal employees for extra service, or on

On Aug 13, 1912, the Senate voted 22–29 (HR 21279). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–21, Democrats 14–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 22
No: 29
Did not vote: 58
Date: Aug 13, 1912

By party

Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 31 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To reconsider vote on an amendment offered…: Senate Vote, Aug 13, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-S-265/to-reconsider-vote-on-an-amendment-offered-by-senator (accessed 2026-10-16).