House roll call 180 · 61st Congress · Feb 18, 1911
To sustain the chair's decision that held not to be in order a resolution requiring the committee on rules to report a special rule providing for the considerat
On Feb 18, 1911, the House voted 125–51. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–50, Republicans 78–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 51
- Did not vote
- 226
- Date
- Feb 18, 1911
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 50 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 1 no · 143 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA voted yes
- James McMahon Graham D-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- William Allen Cullop D-IN voted yes
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN voted yes
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN voted yes
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted yes
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted yes
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
- James William Collier D-MS voted yes
- Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted yes
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted yes
- William Graves Sharp D-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
- Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted yes
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted yes
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- Robert Turnbull D-VA voted yes
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted yes
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- William Darius Jamieson D-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- William Oscar Barnard R-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- John Joseph Mitchell D-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Charles Holden Cowles R-NC
- John Gaston Grant R-NC
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Charles Edward Creager R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Charles Clarence Pratt R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Zachary David Massey R-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- William Wallace Mccredie R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Robert Maclin Lively D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Thomas Ray Hamer R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William James Moxley R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Frederick Lundin R-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Samuel Louis Gilmore D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Eugene Noble Foss D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Kronmiller R-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Politte Elvins R-MO
- Charles Augustus Crow R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan R-MO
- Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- John Motley Morehead R-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- William Halsted Wiley R-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Richard Young R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Stephen Millington R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- James Smith Havens D-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- James Joyce R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- James Henry Cassidy R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA
- Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- John Kinley Tener R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Martin Dies D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
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