House roll call 206 · 62nd Congress · Dec 18, 1912
To pass S. 3175, "an act regulating the immigration of aliens to and residence of aliens in the United States."
On Dec 18, 1912, the House voted 179–52 (S 3175). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 124–40, Republicans 68–25, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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
- 179
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 150
- Date
- Dec 18, 1912
By party
- Democrats124 yes · 40 no · 73 didn’t vote
- Republicans68 yes · 25 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT voted no
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA voted no
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA voted no
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL voted no
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL voted no
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- James McMahon Graham D-IL voted no
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
- John William Boehne D-IN voted no
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted no
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA voted no
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA voted no
- John Alden Thayer D-MA voted no
- William Henry Wilder R-MA voted no
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
- William Francis Murray D-MA voted no
- James Michael Curley D-MA voted no
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted no
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME voted no
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI voted no
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI voted no
- George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
- Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted no
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN voted no
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted no
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE voted no
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE voted no
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ voted no
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ voted no
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ voted no
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ voted no
- George Curry R-NM voted no
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted no
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY voted no
- Henry George Jr. D-NY voted no
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY voted no
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY voted no
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted no
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
- Michael Donohoe D-PA voted no
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA voted no
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted no
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI voted no
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted no
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI voted no
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D-AL
- Fred Leonard Blackmon D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Allan Oldfield D-AR
- Henderson Madison Jacoway D-AR
- William Shields Goodwin D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Edward Raker D-CA
- William Kent R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- William Dennison Stephens R-CA
- Atterson Walden Rucker D-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery D-GA
- Dudley Mays Hughes D-GA
- William Schley Howard D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Samuel Joelah Tribble D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Irvin St. Clair Pepper D-IA
- James William Good R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Frank Buchanan D-IL
- Lynden Evans D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Hiram Robert Fowler D-IL
- William Allen Cullop D-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Ralph Wilbur Moss D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Martin Andrew Morrison D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Rollin Raymond Rees R-KS
- Isaac Daniel Young R-KS
- George Arthur Neeley D-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Arthur Blythe Rouse D-KY
- James Campbell Cantrill D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- William Jason Fields D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Caleb Powers R-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- James Harry Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Thomas Parran R-MD
- David John Lewis D-MD
- Asher Crosby Hinds R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- John M. C. Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edwin Forrest Sweet D-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Sydney Anderson R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- William Patterson Borland D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Walter Lewis Hensley D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Lewis Rubey D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon D-MS
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James William Collier D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- John Miller Faison D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Madison Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Henry Thomas Helgesen R-ND
- John Arthur Maguire D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- William John Browning R-NJ
- Edwin Ewing Roberts R-NV
- William Cox Redfield D-NY
- Steven Beckwith Ayres D-NY
- Luther Wright Mott R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Gold Danforth R-NY
- Edwin Stewart Underhill D-NY
- James Samuel Simmons R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Alfred Gaither Allen D-OH
- John Henry Goeke D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- James Douglass Post D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Mauck Switzer R-OH
- William Graves Sharp D-OH
- George White D-OH
- William Bates Francis D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elsworth Raymond Bathrick D-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Dick Thompson Morgan R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Robert Edward Difenderfer D-PA
- John Richard Farr R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William David Blakeslee Ainey R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Curtis Hussey Gregg D-PA
- Thomas Spencer Crago R-PA
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer D-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Richard Wilson Austin R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Martin Dies D-TX
- James Young D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar Callaway D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Edward Everett Holland D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Frank Plumley R-VT
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Stanton Warburton R-WA
- William Leroy La Follette R-WA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- Arthur William Kopp R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Adam Brown Littlepage D-WV
- John M. Hamilton D-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Thomas Lawrence Reilly D-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Nathan Edward Kendall R-IA
- Horace Mann Towner R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Thomas Gallagher D-IL
- Ira Clifton Copley R-IL
- Claudius Ulysses Stone D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James McMahon Graham D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- John William Boehne D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Henry Garland Dupré D-LA
- Lewis Lovering Morgan D-LA
- John Alden Thayer D-MA
- William Henry Wilder R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Francis Murray D-MA
- James Michael Curley D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Daniel John Mcgillicuddy D-ME
- Frank Ellsworth Doremus D-MI
- William Walter Wedemeyer R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Clarence Benjamin Miller R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Charles Otto Lobeck D-NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens D-NE
- Thomas Joseph Scully D-NJ
- Edward Waterman Townsend D-NJ
- Walter Irving Mccoy D-NJ
- Eugene Francis Kinkead D-NJ
- George Curry R-NM
- Harvey Butler Fergusson D-NM
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Michael Francis Conry D-NY
- Henry George Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll D-NY
- Charles Bennett Smith D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Michael Donohoe D-PA
- Robert Emmett Lee D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Francis O'Shaunessy D-RI
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Victor Luitpold Berger O-WI
- Michael Edmund Burke D-WI
- Thomas Frank Konop D-WI
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Mitchell Taylor D-AR
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- William Henry Heald R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Dannite Hill Mays D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Edgar Pickett R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Solomon Francis Prouty R-IA
- William Raymond Green R-IA
- Frank Plowman Woods R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- George Cromwell Scott R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Edmund John Stack D-IL
- John Charles Mckenzie R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- Charles Alexander Korbly D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Cyrus Cline D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Alexander Clark Mitchell R-KS
- Joseph Taggart D-KS
- Fred Schuyler Jackson R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Robert Charles Wickliffe D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Robert Orr Harris R-MA
- George Konig D-MD
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould D-ME
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Francis Henry Dodds R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Patrick Francis Gill D-MO
- Theron Ephron Catlin R-MO
- James Alexander Daugherty D-MO
- Thomas Upton Sisson D-MS
- William Alexander Dickson D-MS
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Louis Benjamin Hanna R-ND
- James Polk Latta D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D-NJ
- Archibald Chapman Hart D-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Martin Wiley Littleton D-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- James Paul Maher D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- John Joseph Kindred D-NY
- Thomas Gedney Patten D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Richard Edward Connell D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Henry Schermerhorn De Forest R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Theron Akin O-NY
- Edwin Albert Merritt R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Andrew Talcott D-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- James Middleton Cox D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Horatio Clifford Claypool D-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Carl Carey Anderson D-OH
- John Jefferson Whitacre D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Abraham Walter Lafferty R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Scott Vare R-PA
- William Stuart Reyburn R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Charles Calvin Bowman R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Jesse Lee Hartman R-PA
- Charles Emory Patton R-PA
- Charles Matthews R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA
- Peter Moore Speer R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- George Herbert Utter R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Sam Riley Sells R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Robert Turnbull D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- John William Davis D-WV
- William Gay Brown Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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