House roll call 105 · 54th Congress · Dec 14, 1896
To commit H.R. 1888, a bill to further amend an act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor in the district of columbia, to the committee on the district of
On Dec 14, 1896, the House voted 85–142 (HR 1888). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 62–102, Democrats 22–34, Others 1–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 84 members voted against their own party.
During the 54th Congress (1895–1896), Grover Cleveland was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 85
- No
- 142
- Did not vote
- 143
- Date
- Dec 14, 1896
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 34 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Republicans62 yes · 102 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted yes
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL voted yes
- James George Maguire D-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted yes
- George Martin Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
- George Elon White R-IL voted yes
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- Walter Reeves R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted yes
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted yes
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted yes
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted yes
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted yes
- Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted yes
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted yes
- William Alden Smith R-MI voted yes
- William Seelye Linton R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted yes
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted yes
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO voted yes
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted yes
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted yes
- John Henry Raney R-MO voted yes
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Richmond Pearson R-NC voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted yes
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted yes
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted yes
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted yes
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted yes
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted yes
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted yes
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted yes
- Melville Bull R-RI voted yes
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted yes
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted yes
- Miles Crowley D-TX voted yes
- George Henry Noonan R-TX voted yes
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA voted yes
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted yes
- Theobald Otjen R-WI voted yes
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Leavell Moses 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
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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