To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 15802 (32 stat 1222, 3/3/03), a bill authorizing the land office at montgomery, ala. To give certificates, empowering certain

On Mar 2, 1903, the House voted 155–51 (HR 15802). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–51, Democrats 92–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 members voted against their own party.

During the 57th Congress (1901–1902), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 155
No: 51
Did not vote: 165
Date: Mar 2, 1903

By party

Democrats92 yes · 0 no · 68 didn’t vote
Republicans63 yes · 51 no · 91 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted no
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
Samuel Leland Powers R-MA voted no
William Humphreys Jackson R-MD voted no
Charles Reginald Schirm R-MD voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
Henry Harrison Aplin R-MI voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Edmond Spencer Blackburn R-NC voted no
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted no
Henry Bristow R-NY voted no
John Knox Stewart R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Robert Murphy Nevin R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Stephen Morgan R-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
Jacob Atlee Beidler R-OH voted no
James Rankin Young R-PA voted no
Henry Burd Cassel R-PA voted no
Charles Frederick Wright R-PA voted no
Summers Melville Jack R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
Adin Ballou Capron R-RI voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no

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. 15802 (32…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1903,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/57-H-157/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-15802 (accessed 2026-10-17).