To agree to conference report, on H.R. 17046 (32 stat 1024, 3/3/03), a bill making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense.

On Mar 2, 1903, the House voted 201–14 (HR 17046). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 138–0, Democrats 63–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 members voted against their own party.

During the 57th Congress (1901–1902), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 201
No: 14
Did not vote: 156
Date: Mar 2, 1903

By party

Democrats63 yes · 14 no · 83 didn’t vote
Republicans138 yes · 0 no · 67 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA voted no
John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
Robert Walter Miers D-IN voted no
David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted no
Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
Choice Boswell Randell D-TX voted no
William Francis Rhea D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to conference report, on H.R. 17046…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1903,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/57-H-153/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-17046 (accessed 2026-10-17).