To pass H.R. 12765. (p. 4418-2)

On Apr 18, 1902, the House voted 246–54 (HR 12765). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–43, Democrats 119–8, Others 3–3. 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: 246
No: 54
Did not vote: 71
Date: Apr 18, 1902

By party

Democrats119 yes · 8 no · 33 didn’t vote
Republicans124 yes · 43 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

Frank Leslie Coombs R-CA voted no
Samuel Davis Woods R-CA voted no
Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
Robert Wyche Davis D-FL voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
Phanor Breazeale D-LA voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA 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
William Alden Smith 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 Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
James Thompson Mccleary 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
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
Charles Quinn Hildebrant R-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Emmett Tompkins R-OH voted no
Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted no
Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted no
George Sutherland R-UT voted no
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no
Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV 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 pass H.R. 12765. (p. 4418-2): House Vote, Apr 18, 1902,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/57-H-31/to-pass-h-r-12765-p-4418-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).