To order the previous question on recommitting H.R. 13729 (31 stat. 1099, 3/3/1901), making appropriations for the post office department. (p. 2100-1)

On Feb 7, 1901, the House voted 161–82 (HR 13729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 103–21, Democrats 57–56, Others 1–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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: 161
No: 82
Did not vote: 127
Date: Feb 7, 1901

By party

Democrats57 yes · 56 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans103 yes · 21 no · 71 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted no
Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
William Henry Fleming D-GA voted no
William Elza Williams D-IL voted no
Thomas Marion Jett D-IL voted no
Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL voted no
James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
Robert Walter Miers D-IN voted no
William Taylor Zenor D-IN voted no
George Washington Cromer R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
James McClellan Robinson D-IN voted no
Henry Dixon Allen D-KY voted no
John Stockdale Rhea D-KY voted no
David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted no
John Randolph Thayer D-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
Frank Charles Wachter R-MD voted no
James William Denny D-MD voted no
Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Edgar Weeks R-MI voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
James Cooney D-MO voted no
Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
Edward Robb D-MO voted no
Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Patrick Henry D-MS voted no
John Seaton Robinson D-NE voted no
Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ voted no
James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
Townsend Scudder D-NY voted no
Mitchell May D-NY voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
John Quincy Underhill D-NY voted no
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Stephen Morgan R-OH voted no
Joseph John Gill R-OH voted no
Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN voted no
James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted no
Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
Thomas Henry Ball D-TX voted no
John Levi Sheppard D-TX voted no
Robert Emmet Burke D-TX voted no
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted no
Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
John Franklin Rixey D-VA voted no
Julian Minor Quarles D-VA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
James Henry Davidson 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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Capitol Receipts, “To order the previous question on…: House Vote, Feb 7, 1901,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/56-H-119/to-order-the-previous-question-on-recommitting-h-r (accessed 2026-10-16).