House roll call 114 · 53rd Congress · Feb 8, 1894
To resolve the house into the committee of the whole in order to consider H. R. 4956, no quorum voting. (JP.150)
On Feb 8, 1894, the House voted 167–5 (HR 4956). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 131–5, Republicans 23–0, Others 13–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 167
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 205
- Date
- Feb 8, 1894
By party
- Democrats131 yes · 5 no · 93 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 0 no · 111 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Protus Pigott D-CT voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- William Ryan D-NY voted no
- Howard Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins 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 Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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