To amend h.r. 15744, by specifying that after oct. 12, 1906 when said office shall become vacant, it shall cease and terminate, no quorum voting. (p. 3932-2)

On Mar 16, 1906, the House voted 77–88 (HR 15744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–22, Democrats 3–66. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 77
No: 88
Did not vote: 233
Date: Mar 16, 1906

By party

Democrats3 yes · 66 no · 71 didn’t vote
Republicans74 yes · 22 no · 162 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
John Lauderdale Kennedy R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
William Halsted Wiley R-NJ voted no
William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
Thomas Henry Dale R-PA voted no
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted no
Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted no
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no
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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