To pass S. 6147, authorizing changes in street railway tracks within the city of washington. (p. 3923-2)

On Feb 25, 1907, the House voted 86–160 (S 6147). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 76–71, Democrats 10–90. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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: 86
No: 160
Did not vote: 151
Date: Feb 25, 1907

By party

Democrats10 yes · 90 no · 40 didn’t vote
Republicans76 yes · 71 no · 111 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
James Perry Conner R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Philip Knopf R-IL voted no
Charles Mcgavin R-IL voted no
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Zeno John Rives R-IL voted no
Frank Stoddard Dickson R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Frederick Landis R-IN voted no
Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN voted no
Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Cassius McLean Shartel R-MO voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
William Willets Cocks R-NY voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
William Henry Draper R-NY voted no
Charles Luman Knapp R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
James Breck Perkins R-NY voted no
William Henry Ryan D-NY voted yes
William Wildman Campbell R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
Thomas Henry Dale R-PA voted no
Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline D-PA voted yes
Edmund William Samuel R-PA voted no
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted no
George Franklin Huff R-PA voted no
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted no
William Orlando Smith R-PA voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted no
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no

And 1 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 6147, authorizing changes in…: House Vote, Feb 25, 1907,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/59-H-114/to-pass-s-6147-authorizing-changes-in-street-railway (accessed 2026-10-17).