To resolve the house into a committee of the whole for the consideration of H.R. 12765. (p. 4254-2)

On Apr 16, 1902, the House voted 153–124 (HR 12765). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 118–36, Democrats 35–84, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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: 153
No: 124
Did not vote: 94
Date: Apr 16, 1902

By party

Democrats35 yes · 84 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans118 yes · 36 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL voted yes
Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
Sydney Johnston Bowie D-AL voted yes
Charles Winston Thompson D-AL voted yes
John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
William Richardson D-AL voted yes
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
Frank Leslie Coombs R-CA voted no
Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA voted no
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mathews Griggs D-GA voted yes
William Charles Adamson D-GA voted yes
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted yes
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
John Joseph Feely D-IL voted yes
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
J. Ross Mickey D-IL voted yes
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY voted yes
Henry Dixon Allen D-KY voted yes
James Nicholas Kehoe D-KY voted yes
William Humphreys Jackson R-MD voted no
Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted no
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Edgar Weeks R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop 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
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN voted no
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted yes
Thomas Spight D-MS voted yes
Patrick Henry D-MS voted yes
Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS voted yes
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS voted yes
Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC voted yes
Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY voted yes
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
Cornelius Amory Pugsley D-NY voted yes
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted no
William Elliott D-SC voted yes
Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC voted yes
Robert Bethea Scarborough D-SC voted yes
Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
George Sutherland R-UT voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor 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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