To pass H.R. 12707 which enables the people of oklahoma and the indian territory to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the union. (p

On Jan 25, 1906, the House voted 195–150 (HR 12707). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 195–33, Democrats 0–117. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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: 195
No: 150
Did not vote: 53
Date: Jan 25, 1906

By party

Democrats0 yes · 117 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans195 yes · 33 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Norris Gillett R-CA voted no
Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted no
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA voted no
Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Frank Charles Wachter R-MD voted no
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
James Adam Bede R-MN voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
William Aubrey Thomas R-OH voted no
Jacob Atlee Beidler R-OH voted no
Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
Henry Cullen Adams R-WI voted no
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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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