To go into committee of the whole for consideration of H.R. 5499. (p. 3324-1)

On Mar 1, 1901, the House voted 122–134 (HR 5499). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 71–66, Democrats 50–63, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 116 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: 122
No: 134
Did not vote: 114
Date: Mar 1, 1901

By party

Democrats50 yes · 63 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans71 yes · 66 no · 58 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted yes
Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted no
John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
William Richardson D-AL voted yes
William Leake Terry D-AR voted yes
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Robert Wyche Davis D-FL voted yes
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA voted yes
William Charles Adamson D-GA voted yes
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL voted yes
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
Francis Marion Griffith D-IN voted yes
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
George Washington Cromer R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN voted no
Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS voted no
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
Phanor Breazeale D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
Henry Francis Naphen D-MA voted yes
Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA voted no
Josiah Leeds Kerr R-MD voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
Edgar Weeks R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
William Smith Mesick R-MI voted no
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted yes
John Dillard Bellamy D-NC voted yes
Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC voted yes
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND voted no
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted no
Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ voted yes
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY voted yes
Mitchell May D-NY voted yes
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
William Henry Ryan D-NY voted yes
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no

And 36 more.

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 go into committee of the whole for…: House Vote, Mar 1, 1901,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/56-H-140/to-go-into-committee-of-the-whole-for-consideration (accessed 2026-10-17).