House roll call 338 · 53rd Congress · Jan 21, 1895
To pass H. R. 397 (28 stat. 664, 2/13/1895), a bill to provide for the erection of a government building in the city of chicago.
On Jan 21, 1895, the House voted 197–53 (HR 397). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 102–51, Republicans 88–0, Others 7–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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
- 197
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 126
- Date
- Jan 21, 1895
By party
- Democrats102 yes · 51 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 0 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Robert Neill D-AR voted no
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA voted no
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA voted no
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN voted no
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted no
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
- Marshall Arnold D-MO voted no
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC voted no
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH voted no
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC voted no
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
- George Washington Shell D-SC voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN voted no
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted no
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX voted no
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA voted no
- James Capehart D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-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
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier 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 Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- 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
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- William Ryan D-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
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne 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
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks 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
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- 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
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James Capehart D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Thomas Ellis 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
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy 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
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 397 (28 stat. 664, 2/13/1895)…: House Vote, Jan 21, 1895,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/53-H-338/to-pass-h-r-397-28-stat-664-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).