To recede from the house amendment to S. 1247 (29 stat 244 6/3/1896), a bill establishing and providing for the maintenance of a free public library and reading

On Apr 7, 1896, the House voted 113–127 (S 1247). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 100–69, Democrats 11–54, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 113
No: 127
Did not vote: 130
Date: Apr 7, 1896

By party

Democrats11 yes · 54 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans100 yes · 69 no · 84 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted no
James George Maguire D-CA voted yes
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted yes
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
Edgar Wilson R-ID voted no
Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
Case Broderick R-KS voted no
Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
David Grant Colson R-KY voted no
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
John Simpkins R-MA voted no
George Spalding R-MI voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
John Plank Tracey R-MO voted no
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted no
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted yes
Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted yes
James Joseph Walsh D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted no
David Kemper Watson R-OH voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted no
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Foster Vincent Brown R-TN voted no
James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
John Ethridge Mccall R-TN voted no
Miles Crowley D-TX voted yes
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted no
Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
Alexander Stewart R-WI voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY 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 recede from the house amendment to S…: House Vote, Apr 7, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-31/to-recede-from-the-house-amendment-to-s-1247 (accessed 2026-10-17).