To order the previous question on a motion that the house recess until 11:00 a.m. Tomorrow.

On Dec 18, 1900, the House voted 150–46 (S 1929). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 128–2, Democrats 21–40, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 150
No: 46
Did not vote: 174
Date: Dec 18, 1900

By party

Democrats21 yes · 40 no · 105 didn’t vote
Republicans128 yes · 2 no · 65 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
Adolph Meyer 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
William Mcaleer D-PA voted yes
Stanley Woodward Davenport D-PA voted yes
James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA voted yes
Rufus King Polk 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
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Peter Johnston Otey D-VA voted yes
James Hay D-VA voted yes
William Francis Rhea D-VA voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA 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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