To amend bill H.R. 18750 by providing that the secretary of the navy give the pacific coast ship building companies a 4% preferential in their favor, when such

On May 17, 1906, the House voted 121–118 (HR 18750). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 119–34, Democrats 2–84. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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: 121
No: 118
Did not vote: 159
Date: May 17, 1906

By party

Democrats2 yes · 84 no · 54 didn’t vote
Republicans119 yes · 34 no · 105 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Frank Stoddard Dickson R-IL voted no
Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN voted no
Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
John Lauderdale Kennedy R-NE voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Charles Arnette Towne D-NY voted yes
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted no
Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
Elias Deemer R-PA voted no
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
William Henry Stafford 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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