To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 15744.

On Mar 16, 1906, the House voted 68–92. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 67–26, Democrats 1–66. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 68
No: 92
Did not vote: 238
Date: Mar 16, 1906

By party

Democrats1 yes · 66 no · 73 didn’t vote
Republicans67 yes · 26 no · 165 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Herschel Millard Hogg R-CO voted no
Charles Stuart Wharton R-IL voted no
Philip Knopf R-IL voted no
Charles Mcgavin R-IL voted no
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Zeno John Rives R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
James Adam Bede R-MN voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
John Lauderdale Kennedy R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
William Halsted Wiley R-NJ voted no
William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
George Robert Patterson R-PA voted no
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI 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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