To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 11770, a bill providing for the employment of women nurses in the army military hospital.

On Feb 6, 1899, the House voted 124–84 (HR 11770). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 80–37, Democrats 32–42, Others 12–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 members voted against their own party.

During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 124
No: 84
Did not vote: 162
Date: Feb 6, 1899

By party

Democrats32 yes · 42 no · 58 didn’t vote
Republicans80 yes · 37 no · 95 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted no
Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted yes
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA voted yes
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker D-IL voted yes
Robert Walter Miers D-IN voted yes
William Taylor Zenor D-IN voted yes
Francis Marion Griffith D-IN voted yes
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY voted yes
John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI voted yes
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN voted no
Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO voted yes
John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
Thomas Spight D-MS voted yes
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS voted yes
Patrick Henry D-MS voted yes
Frank Gay Clarke R-NH voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY voted no
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
William Bunn Shattuc R-OH voted no
David Meekison D-OH voted yes
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
John Jacob Lentz D-OH voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Thomas H. Tongue R-OR voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA voted no
Morgan B. Williams R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted yes
Thomas Henry Ball D-TX voted yes
Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted yes
Robert Emmet Burke D-TX voted yes
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
Jacob Yost R-VA voted no
James Hamilton Lewis D-WA 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 suspend the rules and pass H.R. 11770, a…: House Vote, Feb 6, 1899,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-H-165/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-11770 (accessed 2026-10-17).