To adopt a resolution providing that H.R. 12987, regulating rates for railways and enlarging the powers of the ICC, be taken from the speaker's table and sent t

On May 25, 1906, the House voted 144–105 (HR 12987). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 144–26, Democrats 0–80. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 144
No: 105
Did not vote: 148
Date: May 25, 1906

By party

Democrats0 yes · 80 no · 60 didn’t vote
Republicans144 yes · 26 no · 88 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herschel Millard Hogg R-CO voted no
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
James Adam Bede R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Frank Ballard Fulkerson R-MO voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
John Lauderdale Kennedy R-NE voted no
John Jay Mccarthy R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Henry Cullen Adams R-WI voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt a resolution providing that H.R…: House Vote, May 25, 1906,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/59-H-69/to-adopt-a-resolution-providing-that-h-r-12987 (accessed 2026-10-17).