House roll call 33 · 54th Congress · Apr 8, 1896
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which H.R. 7251 was engrossed and brought to a third reading.
On Apr 8, 1896, the House voted 111–133 (HR 7251). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 89–86, Democrats 20–44, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 106 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
- 111
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 126
- Date
- Apr 8, 1896
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 44 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Republicans89 yes · 86 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- John All Barham R-CA voted no
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
- James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted no
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted no
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted yes
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted yes
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted no
- George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- Edgar Wilson R-ID voted no
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
- Benson Wood R-IL voted no
- Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
- John William Lewis R-KY voted no
- Walter Evans R-KY voted no
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted yes
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
- George Spalding R-MI voted no
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
- Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted no
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
- David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted no
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted no
And 26 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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