On adoption of the substitute resolution to H. RES. 356, providing that the charges against richard s. Whaley, representative from the 1st district of south car

On Jan 27, 1914, the House voted 98–227 (HRE 356). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–206, Republicans 81–20, Others 6–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.

During the 63rd Congress (1913–1914), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 98
No: 227
Did not vote: 128
Date: Jan 27, 1914

By party

Democrats10 yes · 206 no · 88 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no
Republicans81 yes · 20 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Edward Raker D-CA voted yes
Sanford Kirkpatrick D-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Charles Martin Borchers D-IL voted yes
Lawrence Beaumont Stringer D-IL voted yes
Dudley Doolittle D-KS voted yes
Caleb Powers R-KY voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Calvin DeWitt Paige R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Patrick Henry Kelley R-MI voted no
George Ross Smith R-MN voted no
Raymond Bartlett Stevens D-NH voted yes
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Henry Gold Danforth R-NY voted no
Stanley Eyre Bowdle D-OH voted yes
John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH voted yes
Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Franklin Lewis Dershem D-PA voted yes
Milton William Shreve R-PA voted no
Jacob Johnson R-UT 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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