To order the previous question on the adoption of the conference report on H.R. 12987. (p. 9084)

On Jun 23, 1906, the House voted 121–90 (HR 12987). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 119–26, Democrats 2–65. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 121
No: 90
Did not vote: 186
Date: Jun 23, 1906

By party

Democrats2 yes · 65 no · 73 didn’t vote
Republicans119 yes · 26 no · 113 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
William Thomas Tyndall R-MO voted no
Arthur Phillips Murphy R-MO voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
Henry Crosby Allen R-NJ voted no
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Amos Richard Webber R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline D-PA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford 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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