To suspend the rules of the house, and pass the negro freedom joint resolution H.J. RES. 88, creating a commission to investigate and report on the advisability

On Jun 20, 1910, the House voted 159–87 (HJR 88). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 143–0, Democrats 16–87. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 members voted against their own party.

During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 159
No: 87
Did not vote: 156
Date: Jun 20, 1910

By party

Democrats16 yes · 87 no · 77 didn’t vote
Republicans143 yes · 0 no · 79 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
James McMahon Graham D-IL voted yes
Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted yes
James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
James Middleton Cox D-OH voted yes
William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted yes
Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted yes
Carl Carey Anderson D-OH voted yes
William Graves Sharp D-OH voted yes
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA 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 suspend the rules of the house, and pass…: House Vote, Jun 20, 1910,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-125/to-suspend-the-rules-of-the-house-and-pass (accessed 2026-10-17).