To eliminate from the journal of yesterday, which was a sunday, the conference report of MR. Hepburn (r. Iowa) and print same in the journal of today, since sun

On Feb 9, 1903, the House voted 125–102. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–100, Democrats 95–2, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 125
No: 102
Did not vote: 144
Date: Feb 9, 1903

By party

Democrats95 yes · 2 no · 63 didn’t vote
Republicans28 yes · 100 no · 77 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Richardson D-AL voted no
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted yes
James Carson Needham R-CA voted yes
Lot Thomas R-IA voted yes
Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS voted yes
Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted no
Samuel Leland Powers R-MA voted yes
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted yes
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
Washington Gardner R-MI voted yes
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
Henry Harrison Aplin R-MI voted yes
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted yes
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted yes
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted yes
Frederic Storm R-NY voted yes
Harry Alfred Hanbury R-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
William Henry Draper R-NY voted yes
Charles Luman Knapp R-NY voted yes
Joseph John Gill R-OH voted yes
Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted yes
Henry Burd Cassel R-PA voted yes
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes

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 eliminate from the journal of yesterday…: House Vote, Feb 9, 1903,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/57-H-94/to-eliminate-from-the-journal-of-yesterday-which-was (accessed 2026-10-17).