House roll call 281 · 53rd Congress · Jul 11, 1894
To amend H. R. 121, a bill to amend an act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other
On Jul 11, 1894, the House voted 97–113 (HR 121). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–108, Republicans 70–0, Others 3–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 97
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 167
- Date
- Jul 11, 1894
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 108 no · 97 didn’t vote
- Republicans70 yes · 0 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY voted yes
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY voted yes
- John Hugh Graham D-NY voted yes
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted yes
- Isidor Straus D-NY voted yes
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted yes
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC voted yes
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted yes
- Thomas Lynch D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- 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
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-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
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier 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
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- William Baker O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard 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
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-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
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Thomas Francis Magner 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 R. Fellows D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Charles O'Neill 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
- 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
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 121, a bill to amend an act…: House Vote, Jul 11, 1894,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/53-H-281/to-amend-h-r-121-a-bill-to-amend (accessed 2026-10-17).