To reconsider and pass, over the veto of the President, H. R. 26321, a bill making legislative, executive and judicial appropriations for 1913. (p.11479)

On Aug 21, 1912, the House voted 154–53 (HR 26321). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 133–1, Republicans 21–52. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 154
No: 53
Did not vote: 201
Date: Aug 21, 1912

By party

Democrats133 yes · 1 no · 103 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 52 no · 96 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Kent R-CA voted yes
Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted yes
Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted yes
Frank Plowman Woods R-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS voted yes
Isaac Daniel Young R-KS voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted yes
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
George Curry R-NM voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR voted yes
John Richard Farr R-PA voted yes
William Leroy La Follette R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI 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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