To pass H.R. 406, making provisions to secure to the phillipine islands free trade with the balance of the domain of the United States. (p. 1162)

On Jan 16, 1906, the House voted 259–71 (HR 406). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 161–57, Democrats 98–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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: 259
No: 71
Did not vote: 68
Date: Jan 16, 1906

By party

Democrats98 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans161 yes · 57 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Norris Gillett R-CA voted no
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA voted no
Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Herschel Millard Hogg R-CO voted no
Franklin Eli Brooks R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
George Leavens Lilley R-CT voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
Frank Clark D-FL voted no
William Bailey Lamar D-FL voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted no
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Marion Edwards Rhodes R-MO voted no
William Thomas Tyndall R-MO voted no
Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
George Henry Lindsay D-NY voted no
Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Robert Murphy Nevin R-OH voted no
William Wildman Campbell R-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted no
Amos Richard Webber R-OH voted no
Capell Lane Weems R-OH voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
Henry Burd Cassel R-PA voted no
Mial Eben Lilley R-PA voted no
Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted no
Solomon Robert Dresser R-PA voted no
William Orlando Smith R-PA voted no
Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
George Farmer Burgess D-TX voted no
Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
Henry Cullen Adams R-WI voted no
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted no
Webster Everett Brown R-WI voted no
John James Jenkins R-WI voted no
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 406, making provisions to…: House Vote, Jan 16, 1906,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/59-H-5/to-pass-h-r-406-making-provisions-to-secure (accessed 2026-10-17).