House roll call 63 · 54th Congress · May 22, 1896
That the house adopt a conference report on H.R. 7977 (29 stat 202, 6/3/96), the rivers and harbors appropriations bill, in which the house insists on its disag
On May 22, 1896, the House voted 189–56 (HR 7977). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 149–27, Democrats 41–24, Others 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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
- 189
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- May 22, 1896
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 24 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans149 yes · 27 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
- Benson Wood R-IL voted no
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted no
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted no
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC voted no
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC voted no
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
- Paul John Sorg D-OH voted no
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted no
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted no
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted no
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN voted no
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted no
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted no
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted no
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX voted no
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-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
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan 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
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle 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
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart 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
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker 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
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford 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
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers 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
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- 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
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- William Franklin Draper 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
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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