House roll call 372 · 53rd Congress · Mar 2, 1895
To suspend the rules and pass S. 1009, for the relief of telegraph operators during the war of rebellion, which provides that a certificate of service shall be
On Mar 2, 1895, the House voted 167–72 (S 1009). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 76–71, Republicans 82–0, Others 9–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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
- 167
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 138
- Date
- Mar 2, 1895
By party
- Democrats76 yes · 71 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Republicans82 yes · 0 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL voted no
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL voted no
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
- Robert Neill D-AR voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA voted no
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted no
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA voted no
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI voted no
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN voted no
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Marshall Arnold D-MO voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC voted no
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ voted no
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY voted no
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted no
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH voted no
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH voted no
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC voted no
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted no
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted no
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted no
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted no
- Walter Gresham D-TX voted no
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA voted no
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV voted no
- James Capehart D-WV voted no
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins 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
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford 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
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry William Blair 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
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-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 Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-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
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- 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
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb 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
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed 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
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle 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
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy 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
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- James Jerome Belden 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
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-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
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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