House roll call 177 · 57th Congress · Mar 3, 1903
To suspend the rules, and pass H.R. 14105, a bill amending section 1754 of the revised statute of the U.S., relating to the preference in civil appointments of
On Mar 3, 1903, the House voted 172–50 (HR 14105). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 138–5, Democrats 33–45, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 172
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 149
- Date
- Mar 3, 1903
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 45 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Republicans138 yes · 5 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL voted yes
- Sydney Johnston Bowie D-AL voted yes
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL voted yes
- John Joseph Feely D-IL voted yes
- James Mcandrews D-IL voted yes
- William Frank Mahoney D-IL voted yes
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN voted yes
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN voted yes
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN voted yes
- Alfred Metcalf Jackson D-KS voted yes
- Daniel Linn Gooch D-KY voted yes
- South Trimble D-KY voted yes
- James Nicholas Kehoe D-KY voted yes
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted yes
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Flanagan D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY voted yes
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- Cornelius Amory Pugsley D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Ryan D-NY voted yes
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH voted yes
- John Stout Snook D-OH voted yes
- James Albert Norton D-OH voted yes
- John Wilson Cassingham D-OH voted yes
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Billmeyer D-PA voted yes
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Sydney Johnston Bowie D-AL
- Frank Leslie Coombs R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Lot Thomas R-IA
- John Joseph Feely D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- William Frank Mahoney D-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- George Washington Cromer R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Alfred Metcalf Jackson D-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Harvey Samuel Irwin R-KY
- Daniel Linn Gooch D-KY
- South Trimble D-KY
- James Nicholas Kehoe D-KY
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Henry Harrison Aplin R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- George Chester Robinson Wagoner R-MO
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- De Witt Clinton Flanagan D-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Frederic Storm R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Bristow R-NY
- Harry Alfred Hanbury R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Cornelius Amory Pugsley D-NY
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- John Knox Stewart R-NY
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Robert Murphy Nevin R-OH
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- Thomas Barton Kyle R-OH
- William Robert Warnock R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Stephen Morgan R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Wilson Cassingham D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Jacob Atlee Beidler R-OH
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA
- George Robert Patterson R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Charles Frederick Wright R-PA
- Alexander Billmeyer D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Robert Jacob Lewis R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- George Sutherland R-UT
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Webster Everett Brown R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Edward Swann D-NY
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- William Francis Rhea D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Winston Thompson D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- John Nicholas William Rumple R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Louis Glenn O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- George Peter Foster D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- J. Ross Mickey D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Selby D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL
- Frederick John Kern D-IL
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- John McKenzie Moss R-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- James Bamford White D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Randolph Thayer D-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Joseph Aloysius Conry D-MA
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA
- Samuel Leland Powers R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Albert Alexander Blakeney R-MD
- Charles Reginald Schirm R-MD
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Edgar Weeks R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- John Dougherty D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- James Joseph Butler D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Caldwell Edwards O-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- Edmond Spencer Blackburn R-NC
- James Montraville Moody R-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Allan Langdon Mcdermott D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Montague Lessler R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Harris Douglas R-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Charles Quinn Hildebrant R-OH
- Emmett Tompkins R-OH
- William Woodburn Skiles R-OH
- Joseph John Gill R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Henry Burk R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Elias Deemer R-PA
- Rufus King Polk D-PA
- Alvin Evans R-PA
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Robert Hermann Foerderer R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Robert Bethea Scarborough D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Malcolm Rice Patterson D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- Dudley Goodall Wooten D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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