To pass a resolution providing that the speaker shall immediately call the committee for reports.

On Sep 20, 1893, the House voted 176–9. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 172–0, Others 4–5, Republicans 0–4.

During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 176
No: 9
Did not vote: 192
Date: Sep 20, 1893

By party

Democrats172 yes · 0 no · 57 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 4 no · 130 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

George Paul Harrison D-AL
John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
John Sebastian Little D-AR
William Leake Terry D-AR
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
James George Maguire D-CA
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
William Wallace Bowers R-CA
Lewis Sperry D-CT
Charles Addison Russell R-CT
Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
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
James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
Philip Sidney Post R-IL
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
William McKendree Springer D-IL
Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
William St. John Forman D-IL
James Robert Williams D-IL
George Washington Smith R-IL
Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
George William Cooper D-IN
Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
Case Broderick R-KS
Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
Charles Curtis R-KS
William Baker O-KS
Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
William Alexander Harris O-KS
William Thomas Ellis D-KY
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
Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
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
Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
Winder Laird Henry 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
Julius Caesar Burrows R-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
John Avery R-MI
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
James Albertus Tawney R-MN
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
Osee Matson Hall D-MN
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
Loren Fletcher R-MN
Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
Richard Parks Bland D-MO
Richard Bartholdt R-MO
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
Thomas Settle R-NC
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
David Henry Mercer R-NE
George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
Henry William Blair R-NH
Henry Moore Baker R-NH
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
John James Gardner R-NJ
Johnston Cornish D-NJ
Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
John Michael Clancy D-NY
Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
Franklin Bartlett D-NY
Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
Isidor Straus D-NY
Francis Marvin R-NY
Jacob Le Fever R-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
James Jerome Belden R-NY
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
Charles William Gillet R-NY
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
John Van Voorhis R-NY
Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
Charles Daniels R-NY
Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
Bellamy Storer R-OH
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
Paul John Sorg D-OH
Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
George Washington Hulick R-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
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
William John White R-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
John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
Irving Price Wanger R-PA
William Mutchler D-PA
Marriott Brosius R-PA
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
Edwin James Jorden R-PA
Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
Albert Cole Hopkins R-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
Charles Warren Stone R-PA
Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
William Lilly R-PA
Oscar Lapham D-RI
James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
George Washington Shell D-SC
Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
George Washington Murray R-SC
John Alfred Pickler R-SD
William Vincent Lucas R-SD
Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
John Chiles Houk R-TN
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
David Browning Culberson D-TX
Walter Gresham D-TX
William Atkinson Jones D-VA
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
William Wallace Grout R-VT
John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
William Hall Doolittle R-WA
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
George Bullen Shaw R-WI
Michael Griffin R-WI
Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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