To amend the house rules, by giving the committee on banking and currency the right to report bills at any time.

On Jan 10, 1896, the House voted 115–159. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 27–160, Democrats 82–0, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 115
No: 159
Did not vote: 95
Date: Jan 10, 1896

By party

Democrats82 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans27 yes · 160 no · 66 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted yes
James Mclachlan R-CA voted yes
William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted yes
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted yes
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted yes
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted yes
William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
John Simpkins R-MA voted yes
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
Richmond Pearson R-NC voted yes
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted yes
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted yes
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted yes
Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY voted yes
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted yes
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
Marriott Brosius R-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted yes
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted yes
William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI 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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