To recess, during consideration of conference report on H.R. 17493, deficiency appropriations for fiscal 1903 and prior years. (p. 3059-2)

On Mar 3, 1903, the House voted 147–48 (HR 17493). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 132–3, Democrats 15–44, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 147
No: 48
Did not vote: 176
Date: Mar 3, 1903

By party

Democrats15 yes · 44 no · 101 didn’t vote
Republicans132 yes · 3 no · 70 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL voted yes
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
James Albert Norton D-OH voted yes
Henry Burd Cassel R-PA voted no
Alexander Billmeyer D-PA voted yes
Robert Jacob Lewis R-PA voted no
William Elliott D-SC voted yes
David Edward Finley D-SC voted yes
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
John Lamb D-VA voted yes
Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
Joseph Holt Gaines R-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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