House roll call 140 · 56th Congress · Mar 1, 1901
To go into committee of the whole for consideration of H.R. 5499. (p. 3324-1)
On Mar 1, 1901, the House voted 122–134 (HR 5499). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 71–66, Democrats 50–63, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 116 members voted against their own party.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 122
- No
- 134
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- Mar 1, 1901
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 63 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Republicans71 yes · 66 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted no
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
- William Richardson D-AL voted yes
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted yes
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA voted yes
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted yes
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
- George Washington Cromer R-IN voted no
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN voted no
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS voted no
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS voted no
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
- William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA voted yes
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA voted no
- Josiah Leeds Kerr R-MD voted no
- Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
- Edgar Weeks R-MI voted no
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
- William Smith Mesick R-MI voted no
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted yes
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC voted yes
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
- Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND voted no
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY voted yes
- Mitchell May D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
- William Henry Ryan D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
And 36 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Walter Oakley Hoffecker R-DE
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- Joseph Reed Lane R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Lot Thomas R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Mitchell May D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Mary Early O'Grady R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Laird Howard Barber D-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Stanley Woodward Davenport D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Edward Danner Ziegler D-PA
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- William Francis Rhea D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Edgar Wilson O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- George Washington Cromer R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- June Ward Gayle D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Randolph Thayer D-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- Josiah Leeds Kerr R-MD
- James William Denny D-MD
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edgar Weeks R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- John Dougherty D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- John Wilbur Atwater O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Stephen Morgan R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Julian Minor Quarles D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- David Emmons Johnston D-WV
- Romeo Hoyt Freer R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Russell Judson Waters R-CA
- John Henry Hoffecker R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Smith Mcpherson R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- George Peter Foster D-IL
- Thomas Cusack D-IL
- Edward Thomas Noonan D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Cooney D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Albert James Campbell D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Allan Langdon Mcdermott D-NJ
- William Davis Daly D-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Townsend Scudder D-NY
- Bertram Tracy Clayton D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- William Astor Chanler D-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY
- John Quincy Underhill D-NY
- Martin Henry Glynn D-NY
- John Knox Stewart R-NY
- Albert Duane Shaw R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Joseph John Gill R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA
- Charles Frederick Wright R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Rufus King Polk D-PA
- Joseph Earlston Thropp R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Athelston Gaston D-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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