House roll call 106 · 56th Congress · Jan 8, 1901
To amend H.R. 12740 (31 stat. 733, 1/16/1901), providing for an apportionment of representatives in Congress under the 12th census, the amendment, in the nature
On Jan 8, 1901, the House voted 166–102 (HR 12740). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–51, Democrats 78–50, Others 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 101 members voted against their own party.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 166
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Jan 8, 1901
By party
- Democrats78 yes · 50 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 51 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Taylor D-AL voted no
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
- Willis Brewer D-AL voted no
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
- William Richardson D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA voted no
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA voted no
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted no
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted no
- William Henry Fleming D-GA voted no
- Thomas Hedge R-IA voted no
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- James Perry Conner R-IA voted no
- Lot Thomas R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
- Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted no
- William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD voted no
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
- Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
- Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
- Edgar Weeks R-MI voted no
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted no
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- Townsend Scudder D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY voted no
- Mitchell May D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Quincy Underhill D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Martin Henry Glynn D-NY voted no
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY voted no
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- William Henry Ryan D-NY voted no
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH voted no
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH voted no
- David Meekison D-OH voted no
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH voted no
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- James Albert Norton D-OH voted no
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR voted no
- William Mcaleer D-PA voted no
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Russell Judson Waters R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Walter Oakley Hoffecker R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- George Washington Cromer R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- John Randolph Thayer D-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Josiah Leeds Kerr R-MD
- James William Denny D-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- John Dougherty D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- John Wilbur Atwater O-NC
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- John Knox Stewart R-NY
- Albert Duane Shaw R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- James Mary Early O'Grady R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Stephen Morgan R-OH
- Joseph John Gill R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Charles Frederick Wright R-PA
- Rufus King Polk D-PA
- Joseph Earlston Thropp R-PA
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Athelston Gaston D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- William Francis Rhea D-VA
- Julian Minor Quarles D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- David Emmons Johnston D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Lot Thomas R-IA
- Edgar Wilson O-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Edgar Weeks R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Townsend Scudder D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Mitchell May D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY
- John Quincy Underhill D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Martin Henry Glynn D-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- Laird Howard Barber D-PA
- Stanley Woodward Davenport D-PA
- James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- John Henry Hoffecker R-DE
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Joseph Reed Lane R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Smith Mcpherson R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- George Peter Foster D-IL
- Thomas Cusack D-IL
- Edward Thomas Noonan D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- June Ward Gayle D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- James Cooney D-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Albert James Campbell D-MT
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- Allan Langdon Mcdermott D-NJ
- William Davis Daly D-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Bertram Tracy Clayton D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Astor Chanler D-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Edward Danner Ziegler D-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- James Norton D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Romeo Hoyt Freer R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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