House roll call 21 · 53rd Congress · Sep 6, 1893
To amend the proposed house rules, by adding to rule xxiv that memorial services for deceased members of Congress may be held in the House Of Representatives on
On Sep 6, 1893, the House voted 86–117. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 62–74, Republicans 18–41, Others 6–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 80 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
- 86
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 174
- Date
- Sep 6, 1893
By party
- Democrats62 yes · 74 no · 93 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 41 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Denson D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- Robert Neill D-AR voted yes
- James George Maguire D-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- John James Mcdannold D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN voted yes
- George William Cooper D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted yes
- William Cogswell R-MA voted yes
- William Everett D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted yes
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted yes
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI voted yes
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted yes
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC voted yes
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE voted yes
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted yes
- Charles Daniels R-NY voted yes
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH voted yes
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH voted yes
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted yes
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA voted yes
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN voted yes
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted yes
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted yes
- Josiah Patterson D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted yes
- Walter Gresham D-TX voted yes
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA voted yes
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI voted yes
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI voted yes
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI voted yes
- Thomas Lynch D-WI voted yes
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV voted yes
- James Capehart D-WV voted yes
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY voted yes
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
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- John Davis O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Julius Goldzier D-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
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris 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
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-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
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix 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
- 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
- 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Binger Hermann 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
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- 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
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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