House roll call 113 · 54th Congress · Jan 8, 1897
To adjourn, due to late hour. (p. 604-1)
On Jan 8, 1897, the House voted 47–72. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–58, Democrats 12–11, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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
- 47
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 251
- Date
- Jan 8, 1897
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 11 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 58 no · 161 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted no
- Robert Neill D-AR voted no
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
- George Martin Curtis R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted yes
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted no
- Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY voted no
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted yes
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted yes
- William Seelye Linton R-MI voted yes
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted yes
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted yes
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted yes
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- Charles Daniels R-NY voted yes
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY voted yes
- Paul John Sorg D-OH voted no
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted no
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted yes
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
- Alexander Stewart R-WI voted yes
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck 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 Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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