To decide the point of order that a quorum is not present, while discussing H.R. 15744, which provides for the abolishing of the office of lieutenant general of

On Mar 8, 1906, the House voted 106–38 (HR 15744). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 57–38, Democrats 49–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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: 106
No: 38
Did not vote: 254
Date: Mar 8, 1906

By party

Democrats49 yes · 0 no · 91 didn’t vote
Republicans57 yes · 38 no · 163 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Norris Gillett R-CA voted no
Franklin Eli Brooks R-CO voted no
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE voted no
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY voted no
William Henry Flack R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted no
Beman Gates Dawes R-OH voted no
Martin Luther Smyser R-OH voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Thomas Henry Dale R-PA voted no
Edmund William Samuel R-PA voted no
George Franklin Huff R-PA voted no
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted no
Joseph Crocker Sibley R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
James Francis Burke R-PA voted no
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted no
Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no
Joseph Holt Gaines 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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