To order the previous question on the resolution that general debate on the bill S. 1929, in the committee of the whole be closed a 3 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m.

On Dec 18, 1900, the House voted 157–87 (S 1929). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 134–3, Democrats 22–77, Others 1–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 157
No: 87
Did not vote: 126
Date: Dec 18, 1900

By party

Democrats22 yes · 77 no · 67 didn’t vote
Republicans134 yes · 3 no · 58 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted yes
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY voted yes
Bertram Tracy Clayton D-NY voted yes
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
Martin Henry Glynn D-NY voted yes
David Meekison D-OH voted yes
James Albert Norton D-OH voted yes
Joseph John Gill R-OH voted no
William Mcaleer D-PA voted yes
Stanley Woodward Davenport D-PA voted yes
James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA voted yes
Edward Danner Ziegler D-PA voted yes
Athelston Gaston D-PA voted yes
Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA voted yes
James Knox Polk Hall D-PA voted yes
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Peter Johnston Otey D-VA voted yes
James Hay D-VA voted yes
William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA 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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