To order the previous question on the approval of the journal and a proposed amendment of the journal. (JP.290,

On Mar 30, 1894, the House voted 183–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 173–1, Others 10–0. 1 member 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: 183
No: 1
Did not vote: 193
Date: Mar 30, 1894

By party

Democrats173 yes · 1 no · 55 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Tracey D-NY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Charles Tracey D-NY

Did not vote

George Paul Harrison D-AL
John Sebastian Little D-AR
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
Warren Barkley English D-CA
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
William Wallace Bowers R-CA
Charles Addison Russell R-CT
Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
John W. Maddox 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
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
Willis Sweet R-ID
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 Marsh R-IL
Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
George Washington Fithian D-IL
William St. John Forman D-IL
George Washington Smith R-IL
John Charles Black D-IL
Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
Case Broderick R-KS
Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
Charles Curtis R-KS
William Baker O-KS
Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
William Thomas Ellis D-KY
Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
William Morgan Beckner D-KY
Silas Adams R-KY
Robert Charles Davey D-LA
Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
Newton Crain Blanchard 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
Samuel Walker Mccall R-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
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
David Demerest Aitken R-MI
William Seelye Linton R-MI
John Wesley Moon R-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
Loren Fletcher R-MN
John Charles Tarsney D-MO
John Taddeus Heard D-MO
Richard Bartholdt R-MO
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
Marshall Arnold D-MO
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
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
Omer Madison Kem O-NE
Henry William Blair R-NH
Henry Moore Baker R-NH
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
John James Gardner R-NJ
Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
John Michael Clancy D-NY
John Hugh Graham D-NY
Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
William Bourke Cockran D-NY
John R. Fellows D-NY
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
Francis Marvin R-NY
Jacob Le Fever R-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
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
George Washington Hulick R-OH
George Washington Wilson R-OH
Luther Martin Strong R-OH
Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
William John White R-OH
Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
Binger Hermann R-OR
William Russell Ellis R-OR
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
Charles O'Neill R-PA
Robert Adams Jr. R-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
Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
Edwin James Jorden R-PA
Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-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
James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
William Huggins Brawley D-SC
George Washington Murray R-SC
John Alfred Pickler R-SD
William Vincent Lucas R-SD
Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
John Chiles Houk R-TN
Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
William Henry Crain D-TX
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
Horace Henry Powers R-VT
William Wallace Grout R-VT
John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
William Hall Doolittle R-WA
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
Peter J. Somers 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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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