House roll call 22 · 53rd Congress · Sep 6, 1893
To amend the proposed house rules by adding to rule xxiv that the speaker shall appoint a comm. To draft a suitable tribute to deceased members of the house of
On Sep 6, 1893, the House voted 71–125. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–87, Republicans 23–36, Others 8–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 63 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
- 71
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 181
- Date
- Sep 6, 1893
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 87 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 36 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL voted yes
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted yes
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- Julius Goldzier D-IL voted yes
- John James Mcdannold D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN voted yes
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN voted yes
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN voted yes
- William Everett D-MA voted yes
- William Franklin Draper R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- John Avery R-MI voted yes
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted yes
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted yes
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ voted yes
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted yes
- Bellamy Storer R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted yes
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA voted yes
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA voted yes
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN voted yes
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Everett D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- James Edward Cobb 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
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell 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
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann 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
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-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
- 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
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton 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
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- 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 Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- John James Gardner R-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
- 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
- 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
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-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
- George Pierce Ikirt 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
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Josiah Patterson 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith 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
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- James Capehart D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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