To pass H.R. 5210 (29 stat 393 6/11/1896), a bill making appropriations to prrovide for the expenses of the government of the district of columbia for the fisca

On Feb 5, 1896, the House voted 135–144 (HR 5210). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 135–63, Democrats 1–80, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 members voted against their own party.

During the 54th Congress (1895–1896), Grover Cleveland was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 135
No: 144
Did not vote: 85
Date: Feb 5, 1896

By party

Democrats1 yes · 80 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans135 yes · 63 no · 55 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted no
Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted no
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL voted no
George Elon White R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
David Grant Colson R-KY voted no
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
Charles Edward Coffin R-MD voted no
George Spalding R-MI voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
John Avery R-MI voted no
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
Thomas Settle R-NC voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Richmond Pearson R-NC voted no
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted no
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted no
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted no
David Forrest Wilber R-NY voted no
Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted no
Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY voted no
Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Stephen Ross Harris R-OH voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Matthew Griswold R-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted yes
George Henry Noonan R-TX voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted no
Warren Miller R-WV 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. 5210 (29 stat 393 6/11/1896), a…: House Vote, Feb 5, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-10/to-pass-h-r-5210-29-stat-393-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).