To amend H.R. 15744, by specifying that after oct. 12, 1906, when said office shall become vacant, it shall cease and terminate. (p. 3933-2)

On Mar 16, 1906, the House voted 138–103 (HR 15744). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 134–27, Democrats 4–76. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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: 138
No: 103
Did not vote: 157
Date: Mar 16, 1906

By party

Democrats4 yes · 76 no · 60 didn’t vote
Republicans134 yes · 27 no · 97 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL voted yes
William Richardson D-AL voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
William Halsted Wiley R-NJ voted no
George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI 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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