To consider the postal service bill H.R. 22768, respecting mail receptacles. (p. 4332-2)

On Apr 6, 1910, the House voted 92–154 (HR 22768). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–59, Democrats 18–95. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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: 92
No: 154
Did not vote: 156
Date: Apr 6, 1910

By party

Democrats18 yes · 95 no · 67 didn’t vote
Republicans74 yes · 59 no · 89 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO voted yes
John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted yes
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
William Darius Jamieson D-IA voted yes
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
William James Moxley R-IL voted no
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted yes
Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY voted yes
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted yes
James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO voted no
Charles Henry Morgan R-MO voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY voted no
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
James Joyce R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Joel Cook R-PA voted no
William Walker Foulkrod R-PA voted no
William Walton Griest R-PA voted no
Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA voted no
Charles Clarence Pratt R-PA voted no
Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted no
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted no
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Cordell Hull D-TN voted yes
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
Martin Dies D-TX voted yes
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
William Wallace Mccredie R-WA voted no
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
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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Capitol Receipts, “To consider the postal service bill H.R…: House Vote, Apr 6, 1910,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-92/to-consider-the-postal-service-bill-h-r-22768 (accessed 2026-10-17).