House roll call 47 · 54th Congress · May 5, 1896
To pass H.RES. 305, regarding order of business.
On May 5, 1896, the House voted 172–56 (HRE 305). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 167–3, Democrats 6–52, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 172
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 138
- Date
- May 5, 1896
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 52 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans167 yes · 3 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Settle R-NC voted no
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- Paul John Sorg D-OH voted yes
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson 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
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker 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
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis 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
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Edward Sauerhering 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
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead 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
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-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
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-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 (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Robert Neill D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary 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
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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