House roll call 91 · 57th Congress · Feb 5, 1903
To amend a motion to recommit H.R. 16990 (32 stat 1163, 3/3/03), post office dept. Appropriations for fiscal 1904, by adding the instruction that the bill be re
On Feb 5, 1903, the House voted 100–121 (HR 16990). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 52–70, Democrats 47–51, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 99 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
- 100
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 150
- Date
- Feb 5, 1903
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 51 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 70 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR voted yes
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA voted yes
- James Mclachlan R-CA voted yes
- James Carson Needham R-CA voted yes
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE voted yes
- William Henry Fleming D-GA voted yes
- John Joseph Feely D-IL voted yes
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- Frederick John Kern D-IL voted yes
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN voted yes
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN voted yes
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Cromer R-IN voted yes
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted yes
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN voted yes
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY voted yes
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted yes
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY voted yes
- James Bamford White D-KY voted yes
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted yes
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted yes
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Leland Powers R-MA voted yes
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted yes
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI voted yes
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted yes
- Edgar Weeks R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted yes
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted yes
- John Dougherty D-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
- Edward Robb D-MO voted yes
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO voted yes
- Claude Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE voted yes
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE voted yes
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Frederic Storm R-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- James Breck Perkins R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted yes
- John Stout Snook D-OH voted yes
- William Robert Warnock R-OH voted yes
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- John Wilson Cassingham D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Atlee Beidler R-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR voted yes
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Billmeyer D-PA voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD voted yes
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
- Malcolm Rice Patterson D-TN voted yes
- Gordon James Russell D-TX voted yes
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX voted yes
- Dudley Goodall Wooten D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
And 19 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- John Joseph Feely D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- Frederick John Kern D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- George Washington Cromer R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- James Bamford White D-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Samuel Leland Powers R-MA
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edgar Weeks R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- John Dougherty D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Frederic Storm R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Stout Snook D-OH
- William Robert Warnock R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Wilson Cassingham D-OH
- Jacob Atlee Beidler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody R-OR
- Henry Wilbur Palmer R-PA
- Alexander Billmeyer D-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Malcolm Rice Patterson D-TN
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Dudley Goodall Wooten D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- George Sutherland R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Webster Everett Brown R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Charles Winston Thompson D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Frank Leslie Coombs R-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- 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
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Lot Thomas R-IA
- George Peter Foster D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- J. Ross Mickey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alfred Metcalf Jackson D-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John McKenzie Moss R-KY
- Harvey Samuel Irwin R-KY
- James Nicholas Kehoe D-KY
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Randolph Thayer D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- Charles Reginald Schirm R-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- Edmond Spencer Blackburn R-NC
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Harry Alfred Hanbury R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Montague Lessler R-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- William Harris Douglas R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Robert Murphy Nevin R-OH
- Stephen Morgan R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- William Woodburn Skiles R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- George Robert Patterson R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Elias Deemer R-PA
- Robert Jacob Lewis R-PA
- Alvin Evans R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley R-PA
- Robert Hermann Foerderer R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- John Lamb D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Sydney Johnston Bowie D-AL
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- John Nicholas William Rumple R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Thomas Louis Glenn O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- William Frank Mahoney D-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Selby D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- Daniel Linn Gooch D-KY
- South Trimble D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Joseph Aloysius Conry D-MA
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Albert Alexander Blakeney R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Harrison Aplin R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- George Chester Robinson Wagoner R-MO
- James Joseph Butler D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Caldwell Edwards O-MT
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- James Montraville Moody R-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- De Witt Clinton Flanagan D-NJ
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Allan Langdon Mcdermott D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Henry Bristow R-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Edward Swann D-NY
- Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont D-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY
- Cornelius Amory Pugsley D-NY
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- John Knox Stewart R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- Charles Quinn Hildebrant R-OH
- Thomas Barton Kyle R-OH
- Emmett Tompkins R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Joseph John Gill R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Henry Burk R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Charles Frederick Wright R-PA
- Rufus King Polk D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Robert Bethea Scarborough D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- William Francis Rhea D-VA
- Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
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