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

On Apr 24, 1896, the House voted 77–139. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–132, Democrats 54–6, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 77
No: 139
Did not vote: 153
Date: Apr 24, 1896

By party

Democrats54 yes · 6 no · 47 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 132 no · 102 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted yes
Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted yes
George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS voted yes
John William Lewis R-KY voted yes
Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted yes
William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted no
James Alexander Lockhart D-NC voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted yes
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted yes
Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted no
James Joseph Walsh D-NY voted no
Henry Clay Miner D-NY voted no
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted yes
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted yes
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted yes
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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