House roll call 138 · 54th Congress · Feb 9, 1897
To agree to report of conference committee relating to H.R. 7864, a bill to amend the immigration laws. (p. 1677-1
On Feb 9, 1897, the House voted 217–36 (HR 7864). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 175–9, Democrats 40–28, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 217
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Feb 9, 1897
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 28 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans175 yes · 9 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted no
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
- George Washington Murray R-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted no
- George Henry Noonan R-TX voted no
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX voted no
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA voted no
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson 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
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith 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
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall 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
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- 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
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor 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
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard 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
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Michael Griffin 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
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- 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
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- William Baker O-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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