House roll call 82 · 55th Congress · Mar 29, 1898
To amend H.R. 4936, (app. Mar. 3, 1899, 30 stat 1161) a bill allowing certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the court of claims under the provision
On Mar 29, 1898, the House voted 132–91 (HR 4936). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 120–4, Democrats 6–82, Others 6–5. 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
- 132
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 148
- Date
- Mar 29, 1898
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 82 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Republicans120 yes · 4 no · 88 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD voted no
- Albert May Todd D-MI voted yes
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI voted yes
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Patrick Henry D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted yes
- Jacob Yost R-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Robert Gordon Cousins 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
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- George Henry White R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr 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
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell 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
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-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
- James George Maguire D-CA
- 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
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- 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
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
Did not vote
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach 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
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 4936, (app. Mar. 3, 1899, 30…: House Vote, Mar 29, 1898,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-H-82/to-amend-h-r-4936-app-mar-3-1899 (accessed 2026-10-17).