To resolve into the committee of the whole house for the consideration of business on the private calendar.

On Mar 27, 1896, the House voted 145–77. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 112–45, Democrats 31–30, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 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: 145
No: 77
Did not vote: 147
Date: Mar 27, 1896

By party

Democrats31 yes · 30 no · 46 didn’t vote
Republicans112 yes · 45 no · 96 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Charles Frederick Crisp 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
Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted no
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
William Lorimer R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Finis Ewing Downing D-IL voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD voted no
Charles Edward Coffin R-MD voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
George Spalding R-MI voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
David Demerest Aitken R-MI voted no
John Avery R-MI voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
John Gilbert Shaw D-NC voted no
James Alexander Lockhart D-NC voted no
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted no
Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted no
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted no
Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
Marriott Brosius R-PA voted no
James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted no
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
William Elliott D-SC voted no
William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted no
James William Stokes D-SC voted no
John Ethridge Mccall R-TN voted no
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted no
George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted no
Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
George Henry Noonan R-TX voted no
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
James Alexander Walker R-VA voted no
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
William Wallace Grout R-VT 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 resolve into the committee of the whole…: House Vote, Mar 27, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-28/to-resolve-into-the-committee-of-the-whole-house (accessed 2026-10-17).