To table H. RES. 229 calling for the secretary of the treasury to furnish information on the amount and character of the material used by the several manufactur

On May 8, 1900, the House voted 81–137 (HRE 229). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–88, Democrats 55–45, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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: 81
No: 137
Did not vote: 149
Date: May 8, 1900

By party

Democrats55 yes · 45 no · 66 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 88 no · 81 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted yes
Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted no
John All Barham R-CA voted yes
Marion De Vries D-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted yes
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted no
Thomas Hedge R-IA voted yes
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
William Elza Williams D-IL voted no
Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted no
Thomas Marion Jett 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
Francis Marion Griffith D-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted yes
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted yes
George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
James McClellan Robinson D-IN voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS voted yes
George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY voted no
Phanor Breazeale D-LA voted no
John Randolph Thayer D-MA voted no
James William Denny D-MD voted no
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
John Dougherty D-MO voted no
David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
James Cooney D-MO voted no
James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO voted no
George Henry White R-NC voted yes
John Dillard Bellamy D-NC voted no
Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
John Seaton Robinson D-NE voted no
Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ voted no
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted yes
Townsend Scudder D-NY voted no
Martin Henry Glynn D-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
William Bunn Shattuc R-OH voted yes
David Meekison D-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
James Albert Norton D-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted yes
Laird Howard Barber D-PA voted no
Henry Dickinson Green D-PA voted no
James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA voted no
Charles Frederick Wright R-PA voted yes
Rufus King Polk D-PA voted no
Edward Danner Ziegler D-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA voted no
James Knox Polk Hall D-PA voted no
Adin Ballou Capron R-RI voted yes
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX voted yes
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
John Lamb D-VA voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
James Hay D-VA voted no
Julian Minor Quarles D-VA voted no
David Emmons Johnston D-WV 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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