To elect a speaker of the house for the 62nd Congress. Votes for c. Clark democrat are coded 1. Votes for j. R. Mann, republican are coded 2 . Votes for h. A.

On Apr 4, 1911, the House voted 220–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 220–0, Republicans 131–16, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 members voted against their own party.

During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 220
No: 1
Did not vote: 40
Date: Apr 4, 1911

By party

Democrats220 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Republicans131 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Kent R-CA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Sydney Anderson R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted no
Stanton Warburton R-WA voted no
William Leroy La Follette 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
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI 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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