House roll call 285 · 53rd Congress · Jul 16, 1894
To pass H. R. 4609. (JP.456)
On Jul 16, 1894, the House voted 117–37 (HR 4609). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 94–21, Republicans 13–16, Others 10–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 117
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 223
- Date
- Jul 16, 1894
By party
- Democrats94 yes · 21 no · 114 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 16 no · 105 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Robert Neill D-AR voted no
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted yes
- Willis Sweet R-ID voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN voted no
- Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- William Everett D-MA voted no
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ voted no
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted no
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH voted no
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA voted no
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN voted yes
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth 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
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- 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
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- 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
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore 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
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff 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
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry 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
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Franklin Draper 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
- 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
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-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
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- 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
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy 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
- William Ryan D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-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
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-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
- 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
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-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
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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