To order the previous question on H.R. 10090. (p. 2468-2)

On Feb 27, 1897, the House voted 131–80 (HR 10090). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 114–37, Democrats 16–39, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 131
No: 80
Did not vote: 159
Date: Feb 27, 1897

By party

Democrats16 yes · 39 no · 52 didn’t vote
Republicans114 yes · 37 no · 102 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
George Paul Harrison D-AL voted yes
William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
George Elon White R-IL voted no
Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
David Grant Colson R-KY voted no
Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
George Spalding R-MI voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted yes
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted yes
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
Walter McKennon Denny D-MS voted yes
James Grafton Spencer D-MS voted yes
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted yes
Miles Crowley D-TX voted yes
Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted yes
William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI 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 order the previous question on H.R…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-159/to-order-the-previous-question-on-h-r-10090 (accessed 2026-10-17).