House roll call 150 · 55th Congress · Dec 14, 1898
To proceed to the consideration of S. 112, a bill amending the immigration law. (JP. 31-1)
On Dec 14, 1898, the House voted 101–103 (S 112). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 85–32, Democrats 14–65, Others 2–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 members voted against their own party.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 101
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 167
- Date
- Dec 14, 1898
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 65 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Republicans85 yes · 32 no · 95 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Marion De Vries D-CA voted yes
- George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
- Case Broderick R-KS voted no
- George Mosby Davison R-KY voted no
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA voted no
- George Spalding R-MI voted no
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted no
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI voted no
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY voted no
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY voted no
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- William Elliott D-SC voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX voted no
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
- James Hay D-VA voted yes
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
- Alexander Stewart R-WI voted no
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted no
- Warren Miller R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- George Spalding R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- John Lamb D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Warren Miller R-WV
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- George Henry White R-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- 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
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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