To pass over veto of the President, S. 4862, a bill for the relief of certain persons who supplied labor and materials for the prosecution of the work of constr

On Aug 16, 1912, the House voted 138–77 (S 4862). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 102–39, Republicans 35–38, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 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: 138
No: 77
Did not vote: 193
Date: Aug 16, 1912

By party

Democrats102 yes · 39 no · 96 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 38 no · 96 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Allan Oldfield D-AR voted no
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
William Henry Heald R-DE voted yes
William Charles Adamson D-GA voted no
Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA voted yes
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
William Raymond Green R-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
Lynden Evans D-IL voted no
James McMahon Graham D-IL voted no
Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN voted no
Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS voted yes
Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS voted yes
Isaac Daniel Young R-KS voted yes
Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
John Alden Thayer D-MA voted no
James Harry Covington D-MD voted no
David John Lewis D-MD voted no
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI voted yes
John M. C. Smith R-MI voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS voted no
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS voted no
Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted yes
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ voted no
Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ voted no
Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted no
George Curry R-NM voted yes
Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM voted no
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY voted no
Luther Wright Mott R-NY voted yes
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
John Henry Goeke D-OH voted no
James Douglass Post D-OH voted no
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH voted yes
George White D-OH voted no
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA voted yes
William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA voted yes
Charles Emory Patton R-PA voted yes
Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA voted no
Charles Matthews R-PA voted yes
George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted yes
Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN voted no
James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
Robert Turnbull D-VA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted yes

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 pass over veto of the President, S. 4862…: House Vote, Aug 16, 1912,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/62-H-186/to-pass-over-veto-of-the-president-s-4862 (accessed 2026-10-17).