To amend H. R. 21279, by prohibiting the entering of newspapers in 2nd class mails unless the name of the officials and stockholders be plainly printed thereon.

On May 2, 1912, the House voted 243–77 (HR 21279). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 167–20, Republicans 74–57, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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: 243
No: 77
Did not vote: 88
Date: May 2, 1912

By party

Democrats167 yes · 20 no · 50 didn’t vote
Republicans74 yes · 57 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Charles Floyd D-AR voted no
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
William Henry Heald R-DE voted no
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
William Henry Wilder R-MA voted no
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Francis Henry Dodds R-MI voted no
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO voted no
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
William John Browning R-NJ voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ voted no
Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ voted no
Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ voted no
James Paul Maher D-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted no
John Joseph Kindred D-NY voted no
Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY voted no
William Henry Draper R-NY voted no
Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY voted no
George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted no
Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
James Samuel Simmons R-NY voted no
Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted no
Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
John Richard Farr R-PA voted no
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted no
William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA voted no
Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA voted no
Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA voted no
Peter Moore Speer R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
George Herbert Utter R-RI voted no
George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted no
Sam Riley Sells R-TN voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
Frank Plumley R-VT voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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. 21279, by prohibiting the…: House Vote, May 2, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-120/to-amend-h-r-21279-by-prohibiting-the-entering (accessed 2026-10-17).