House roll call 162 · 53rd Congress · Mar 1, 1894
To pass H. R. 4956. (JP.218)
On Mar 1, 1894, the House voted 168–129 (HR 4956). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 137–50, Republicans 21–81, Others 11–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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
- 168
- No
- 129
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Mar 1, 1894
By party
- Democrats137 yes · 50 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 81 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted no
- James Protus Pigott D-CT voted no
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT voted no
- John Williams Causey D-DE voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
- Willis Sweet R-ID voted yes
- Julius Goldzier D-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- William Everett D-MA voted no
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted no
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD voted no
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI voted no
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI voted yes
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted yes
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
- Thomas Settle R-NC voted yes
- 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
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted no
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY voted no
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY voted no
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted no
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted no
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted no
- Isidor Straus 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
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted no
- William John White R-OH voted yes
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- Howard Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- Oscar Lapham D-RI voted no
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI voted no
- George Washington Murray R-SC voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted no
- Peter J. Somers D-WI voted no
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted no
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI voted no
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI voted no
- Thomas Lynch D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings 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
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-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
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny 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
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-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
- John Curtis Kyle 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
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- 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
- George Washington Shell 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson 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 (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner 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
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright 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
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- 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
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner 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
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- William Ryan D-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
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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