House roll call 324 · 53rd Congress · Aug 13, 1894
To pass H. R. 797, a bill placing on the free list, barbed fencing wire and wire rods for the manufacture of same. (JP.566)
On Aug 13, 1894, the House voted 191–84 (HR 7970). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 176–4, Republicans 5–80, Others 10–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 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
- 191
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Aug 13, 1894
By party
- Democrats176 yes · 4 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 80 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA voted no
- John Hugh Graham D-NY voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke 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
- Joseph Wheeler 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
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest 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
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh 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
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Alexander Harris 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
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- William Everett D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- 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
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney 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
- Robert Washington Fyan 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
- Charles Edward Hooker 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
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- 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
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- 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
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- 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
- Josiah Patterson 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
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes 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
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- 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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- 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
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse 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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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