House roll call 44 · 53rd Congress · Sep 21, 1893
To agree to a substitute resolution, providing for reducing the number of committees to 19, with a clerk assigned to each, the clerks to be paid for services re
On Sep 21, 1893, the House voted 122–76. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 81–58, Republicans 34–17, Others 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 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
- 122
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 179
- Date
- Sep 21, 1893
By party
- Democrats81 yes · 58 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 17 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA voted no
- Warren Barkley English D-CA voted no
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted no
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT voted no
- John Williams Causey D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL voted no
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
- William Everett D-MA voted no
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD voted no
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted no
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD voted no
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI voted no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC voted no
- Thomas Settle R-NC voted no
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ voted no
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ voted no
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ voted no
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- John De Witt Warner D-NY voted no
- John R. Fellows D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY voted no
- Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
- George Washington Houk D-OH voted no
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH voted no
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH voted no
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH voted no
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA voted no
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA voted no
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI voted no
- John Chiles Houk R-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Walter Gresham D-TX voted no
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA voted no
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA voted no
- Charles Barwig D-WI voted no
- Peter J. Somers D-WI voted no
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI voted no
- Thomas Lynch D-WI voted no
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV voted no
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Leavell Moses 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
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- John Wesley Moon 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
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- 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 Moore Baker R-NH
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Henry Clay Snodgrass 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
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-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
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-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
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- 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
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Henry William Blair 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
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever 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
- 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
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick 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
- 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
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton 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
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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