House roll call 161 · 55th Congress · Jan 31, 1899
To pass H.R. 11022, a bill reorganizing the army.
On Jan 31, 1899, the House voted 168–126 (HR 11022). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 162–6, Democrats 4–99, Others 2–21. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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
- 168
- No
- 126
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Jan 31, 1899
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 99 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans162 yes · 6 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted no
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD voted no
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
- William Mcaleer D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- 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
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- George Washington Smith 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
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- 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
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney 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
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood 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
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines 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
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- James Gunn O-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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