House roll call 241 · 53rd Congress · Apr 17, 1894
To order the previous question on amendment in the nature of a substitute providing that on demand of any member, names of members sufficent for a quorum who do
On Apr 17, 1894, the House voted 140–120. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 128–37, Republicans 6–81, Others 6–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 140
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 117
- Date
- Apr 17, 1894
By party
- Democrats128 yes · 37 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 81 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA voted no
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted no
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN voted yes
- Charles Gerard Conn 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Andrew Price D-LA voted no
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA voted yes
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- William Cogswell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD voted no
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC voted no
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE voted no
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH voted no
- William Henry Hines D-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- Oscar Lapham D-RI voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI voted no
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI voted no
- James Capehart D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson 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
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-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
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch 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
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington 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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones 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
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson 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
- 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
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott 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
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Madison Wever 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
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- James Capehart D-WV
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight 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
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright 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
- William Lilly R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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