To table motion to postpone consideration of conference report to H.R. 28406. (p. 2793-1,2)

On Feb 17, 1911, the House voted 86–173 (HR 28406). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 82–48, Democrats 4–125. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 86
No: 173
Did not vote: 143
Date: Feb 17, 1911

By party

Democrats4 yes · 125 no · 51 didn’t vote
Republicans82 yes · 48 no · 92 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted no
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Politte Elvins R-MO voted no
Charles Henry Morgan R-MO voted no
Charles Holden Cowles R-NC voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted no
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted no
Zachary David Massey R-TN voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard 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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