House roll call 14 · 53rd Congress · Aug 31, 1893
To amend an amendment to the proposed rules; which amendment gives certain committees the right to report at any time on specified matters; the amendment to the
On Aug 31, 1893, the House voted 138–97. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 98–63, Republicans 35–35, Others 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 98 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
- 138
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 138
- Date
- Aug 31, 1893
By party
- Democrats98 yes · 63 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 35 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Warren Barkley English D-CA voted no
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- James Protus Pigott D-CT voted no
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT voted no
- John Williams Causey D-DE voted no
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted no
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- John Charles Black D-IL voted no
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN voted no
- George William Cooper D-IN voted no
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY voted no
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA voted no
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- William Cogswell R-MA voted no
- William Everett D-MA voted no
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
- William Franklin Draper R-MA voted no
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD voted no
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI voted no
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Moon R-MI voted no
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI voted no
- John Avery R-MI voted no
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC voted no
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ voted no
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ voted no
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ voted no
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted no
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY voted no
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- William Ryan D-NY voted no
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY voted no
- John Madison Wever R-NY voted no
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH voted no
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted no
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH voted no
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
- Howard Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- William Henry Hines D-PA voted no
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted no
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA voted no
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted no
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA voted no
And 18 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle 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
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran 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
- Newton Martin Curtis 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
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham 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
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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