To amend H.R. 2377, by increasing the salary of circuit court judges from $7,000 a year to $8,000, instead of the $10,000 proposed by the original amendment. (

On Jan 25, 1911, the House voted 125–152 (HR 23377). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 94–49, Democrats 31–103. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 125
No: 152
Did not vote: 125
Date: Jan 25, 1911

By party

Democrats31 yes · 103 no · 46 didn’t vote
Republicans94 yes · 49 no · 79 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL voted yes
William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted yes
Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted yes
John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA voted yes
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted yes
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
James William Good R-IA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted yes
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
William Oscar Barnard R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted yes
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
John Austin Keliher D-MA voted yes
Andrew James Peters D-MA voted yes
John Kronmiller R-MD voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted no
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
William Patterson Borland D-MO voted yes
Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS voted yes
Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted yes
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY voted yes
Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted no
James Joyce R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted yes
James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted yes
John Lamb D-VA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Arthur William Kopp R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted no
George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV 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 amend H.R. 2377, by increasing the salary…: House Vote, Jan 25…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-146/to-amend-h-r-2377-by-increasing-the-salary (accessed 2026-10-17).