House roll call 98 · 56th Congress · Dec 18, 1900
To recess, motion made during debate on S. 1929. (p. 411-2)
On Dec 18, 1900, the House voted 157–27. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 127–1, Democrats 29–23, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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
- 157
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 186
- Date
- Dec 18, 1900
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 23 no · 114 didn’t vote
- Republicans127 yes · 1 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
- William Elza Williams D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN voted no
- Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS voted no
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS voted no
- Patrick Henry D-MS voted no
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted no
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ voted no
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX voted no
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted no
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Walter Oakley Hoffecker R-DE
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Edgar Wilson O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- George Peter Foster D-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- Josiah Leeds Kerr R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Edgar Weeks R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Bertram Tracy Clayton D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- Martin Henry Glynn D-NY
- John Knox Stewart R-NY
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY
- Albert Duane Shaw R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Stephen Morgan R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Stanley Woodward Davenport D-PA
- James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Charles Frederick Wright R-PA
- Rufus King Polk D-PA
- Edward Danner Ziegler D-PA
- Joseph Earlston Thropp R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- William Francis Rhea D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- John Wilbur Atwater O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Russell Judson Waters R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- John Henry Hoffecker R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Joseph Reed Lane R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Smith Mcpherson R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lot Thomas R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Thomas Cusack D-IL
- Edward Thomas Noonan D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Washington Cromer R-IN
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- June Ward Gayle D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- John Randolph Thayer D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- James William Denny D-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- John Dougherty D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Albert James Campbell D-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Allan Langdon Mcdermott D-NJ
- William Davis Daly D-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Townsend Scudder D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Mitchell May D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- William Astor Chanler D-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY
- John Quincy Underhill D-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- James Mary Early O'Grady R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Joseph John Gill R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Laird Howard Barber D-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Athelston Gaston D-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper 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
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Julian Minor Quarles D-VA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- David Emmons Johnston D-WV
- Romeo Hoyt Freer R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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