House roll call 255 · 53rd Congress · May 18, 1894
To provide that when house adjourns today (friday) it be adjourned over the weekend. (JP.394)
On May 18, 1894, the House voted 79–137. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–124, Republicans 57–6, Others 1–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 79
- No
- 137
- Did not vote
- 161
- Date
- May 18, 1894
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 124 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 6 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Warren Barkley English D-CA voted yes
- James Protus Pigott D-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN voted yes
- William Everett D-MA voted yes
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI voted yes
- John Wesley Moon R-MI voted no
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI voted yes
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted yes
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ voted yes
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ voted yes
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted yes
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted yes
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted yes
- Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH voted yes
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt 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
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- 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
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses 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
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-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
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-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
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- 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
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore 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
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner 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
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings 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
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis 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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- 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
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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