House roll call 109 · 53rd Congress · Feb 7, 1894
To resolve the house into the committee of the whole in order to consider H. R. 4956, no quorum voting. (JP.145)
On Feb 7, 1894, the House voted 157–4 (HR 4956). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 124–4, Republicans 20–0, Others 13–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 157
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 216
- Date
- Feb 7, 1894
By party
- Democrats124 yes · 4 no · 101 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 0 no · 114 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Protus Pigott D-CT voted no
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN voted no
- William Ryan D-NY voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- William Ryan D-NY
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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