House roll call 36 · 54th Congress · Apr 16, 1896
To amend H.J.RES. 160 (29 stat 472 4/21/1896), a resolution relating to appointing of four members of the board of managers of the national home for disabled vo
On Apr 16, 1896, the House voted 59–153 (HJR 160). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 55–96, Democrats 1–57, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 56 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
- 59
- No
- 153
- Did not vote
- 157
- Date
- Apr 16, 1896
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 57 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans55 yes · 96 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- Walter Reeves R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
- Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
- Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS voted yes
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted yes
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted yes
- George Spalding R-MI voted yes
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted yes
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted yes
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted yes
- Loren Fletcher R-MN voted yes
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted yes
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted yes
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted yes
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted yes
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted yes
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted yes
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted yes
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA voted yes
- William Alexis Stone R-PA voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted yes
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted yes
- James Hall Huling R-WV voted yes
- Warren Miller R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- 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
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Michael Griffin R-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-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
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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