To table H.R. 8133, which provides for the infliction of corporal punishment, in the district of columbia, upon all male persons convicted of beating their wive

On Feb 12, 1906, the House voted 153–60 (HR 8133). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 111–27, Democrats 42–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 60 members voted against their own party.

During the 59th Congress (1905–1906), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 153
No: 60
Did not vote: 185
Date: Feb 12, 1906

By party

Democrats42 yes · 33 no · 65 didn’t vote
Republicans111 yes · 27 no · 120 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted no
Robert Minor Wallace D-AR voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted no
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted no
Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS voted no
James Montgomery Richardson D-KY voted no
South Trimble D-KY voted no
Francis Alexander Hopkins D-KY voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
Thomas Spight D-MS voted no
Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS voted no
Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS voted no
Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Thomas Edmund Scroggy R-OH voted no
Martin Luther Smyser R-OH voted no
Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted no
Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA voted no
Mial Eben Lilley R-PA voted no
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted no
George Franklin Huff R-PA voted no
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted no
William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted no
Moses Lycurgus Broocks D-TX voted no
James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
John Matthew Moore D-TX voted no
Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
John Lamb D-VA voted no
John Franklin Rixey D-VA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted no
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV voted no
Thomas Beall Davis D-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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