House roll call 286 · 53rd Congress · Jul 17, 1894
To pass H. R. 4609. (JP.488)
On Jul 17, 1894, the House voted 129–81 (HR 4609). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 101–44, Republicans 17–37, Others 11–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 129
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 167
- Date
- Jul 17, 1894
By party
- Democrats101 yes · 44 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 37 no · 80 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL voted no
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted no
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted no
- James Protus Pigott D-CT voted no
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- 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
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted no
- 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
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- William Everett D-MA voted no
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD voted no
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
- William Horton Bower D-NC voted no
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ voted no
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ voted no
- James Way Covert D-NY voted no
- John Michael Clancy D-NY voted no
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY voted no
- John Hugh Graham D-NY voted no
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted no
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY voted no
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH voted no
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH voted no
- Howard Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA voted no
- Oscar Lapham D-RI voted no
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD voted yes
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
- George H. Brickner D-WI voted no
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI voted no
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- 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
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond 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
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey 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
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- 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
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Marshall Arnold 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
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- 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
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- James Bernard Reilly 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
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- 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
- 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
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- 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
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius 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 Alexis Stone R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- 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
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- 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
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear 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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum 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
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Andrew Price 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
- Charles Sturtevant Randall 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
- 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
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix 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
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet 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
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-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 Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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