House roll call 115 · 54th Congress · Jan 11, 1897
To amend H.R. 8189, a bill relating to the pacific railroad funding bill, by proposing a substitute amendment authorizing and directing the secretary of the tre
On Jan 11, 1897, the House voted 110–157 (HR 8189). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–124, Democrats 45–32, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 92 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
- 110
- No
- 157
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Jan 11, 1897
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 32 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans60 yes · 124 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL voted yes
- John All Barham R-CA voted yes
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Thomas Graves Lawson 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
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
- George Elon White R-IL voted yes
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL voted yes
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
- Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted yes
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
- John William Lewis R-KY voted yes
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted yes
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted no
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD voted no
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD voted yes
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted yes
- William Seelye Linton R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted yes
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted yes
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS voted no
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS voted no
- Richmond Pearson R-NC voted yes
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted yes
- David Henry Mercer R-NE voted yes
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted yes
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted no
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted yes
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted yes
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted yes
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted yes
And 12 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon 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
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Jesse Overstreet 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
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold 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
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt 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
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-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
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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