To suspend the rules and bring up for final passage the bill H.R. 8917, limiting the meaning of the word "conspiracy" and also the use of restraining orders and

On Feb 18, 1901, the House voted 54–145 (HR 8917). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 52–50, Democrats 2–91, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 54
No: 145
Did not vote: 171
Date: Feb 18, 1901

By party

Democrats2 yes · 91 no · 73 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 50 no · 93 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Thomas Hedge R-IA voted no
Joseph Reed Lane R-IA voted no
Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted no
Lot Thomas R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
George Washington Cromer R-IN voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA voted no
Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted no
Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME 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
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Richmond Pearson R-NC voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
Seth W. Brown R-OH voted no
Stephen Morgan R-OH voted no
Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Thomas H. Tongue R-OR voted no
Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR voted no
Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA voted no
Joseph Earlston Thropp R-PA voted no
Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA voted no
James Knox Polk Hall D-PA voted yes
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted no
Alexander Stewart 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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