To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 9404 (29 stat 457/6 /11/96), a bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending

On Jun 6, 1896, the House voted 172–44 (HR 9404). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 139–20, Democrats 27–23, Others 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 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: 44
Did not vote: 154
Date: Jun 6, 1896

By party

Democrats27 yes · 23 no · 57 didn’t vote
Republicans139 yes · 20 no · 94 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted no
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted no
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Walter Evans R-KY voted no
James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
Henry Warren Ogden D-LA voted no
Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted no
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted no
Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted no
Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA voted no
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted no
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted no
Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted no
George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted no
George Henry Noonan R-TX voted no
Peter Johnston Otey D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 9404 (29…: House Vote, Jun 6, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-90/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-9404 (accessed 2026-10-17).