To pass H.R. 5281, removing discriminations against sailing vessels in the coasting trade. (p. 108-2)

On Dec 6, 1906, the House voted 109–165 (HR 5281). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 101–75, Democrats 12–94. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 members voted against their own party.

During the 59th Congress (1905–1906), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 109
No: 165
Did not vote: 116
Date: Dec 6, 1906

By party

Democrats12 yes · 94 no · 34 didn’t vote
Republicans101 yes · 75 no · 82 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Herschel Millard Hogg R-CO voted no
Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE voted no
Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
Thomas Hedge R-IA voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Charles Stuart Wharton R-IL voted no
Philip Knopf R-IL voted no
Charles Mcgavin R-IL voted no
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Zeno John Rives R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted no
George Washington Cromer R-IN voted no
Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Frederick Landis R-IN voted no
Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
James Montgomery Richardson D-KY voted yes
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
William Sarsfield Mcnary D-MA voted yes
John Andrew Sullivan D-MA voted yes
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend 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
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
James Adam Bede R-MN voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted yes
Frank Ballard Fulkerson R-MO voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted yes
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted yes
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
John Lauderdale Kennedy R-NE voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
William Willets Cocks R-NY voted no
Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY voted no
Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
William Wildman Campbell R-OH voted no
Thomas Edmund Scroggy R-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted no
Beman Gates Dawes R-OH voted no
Capell Lane Weems R-OH voted no
James Kennedy R-OH voted no
Jacob Atlee Beidler R-OH voted no
Henry Burd Cassel R-PA voted no
Mial Eben Lilley R-PA voted no
Elias Deemer R-PA voted no
Edmund William Samuel R-PA voted no
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted no
Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli R-PA voted no
William Orlando Smith R-PA voted no
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted no
Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN voted no

And 7 more.

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. 5281, removing discriminations…: House Vote, Dec 6, 1906,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/59-H-103/to-pass-h-r-5281-removing-discriminations-against-sailing (accessed 2026-10-17).