To amend H.R. 12765, by setting duty on refined and certain other sugar. (p. 4418)

On Apr 18, 1902, the House voted 199–105 (HR 12765). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–109, Democrats 132–0, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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: 199
No: 105
Did not vote: 57
Date: Apr 18, 1902

By party

Democrats132 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans67 yes · 109 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank Leslie Coombs R-CA voted yes
Samuel Davis Woods R-CA voted yes
Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted yes
James Mclachlan R-CA voted yes
James Carson Needham R-CA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted yes
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
James Perry Conner R-IA voted yes
Lot Thomas R-IA voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
Elias Selah Holliday R-IN voted yes
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted yes
Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS voted yes
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted yes
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
John McKenzie Moss R-KY voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted yes
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted yes
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
Samuel Leland Powers R-MA voted yes
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted yes
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted yes
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI voted yes
Washington Gardner R-MI voted yes
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted yes
Edgar Weeks R-MI voted yes
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
Henry Harrison Aplin R-MI voted yes
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted yes
Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI voted yes
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted yes
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted yes
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN voted yes
Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted yes
Montague Lessler R-NY voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
William Bunn Shattuc R-OH voted yes
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted yes
James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
Joseph John Gill R-OH voted yes
George Sutherland R-UT voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI voted yes
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted yes
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted yes
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted yes
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted yes
Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV voted yes

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 amend H.R. 12765, by setting duty on…: House Vote, Apr 18, 1902,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/57-H-30/to-amend-h-r-12765-by-setting-duty-on (accessed 2026-10-17).