House roll call 106 · 54th Congress · Dec 15, 1896
To amend S. 1832 (29 stat 622 3/3/97), a bill providing for the reorganization of the atlantic and pacific railroad company, which amendment substitutes new bil
On Dec 15, 1896, the House voted 71–164 (S 1832). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–149, Democrats 46–15, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 71
- No
- 164
- Did not vote
- 135
- Date
- Dec 15, 1896
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 15 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 149 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL voted yes
- John All Barham R-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted no
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted yes
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted no
- David Grant Colson R-KY voted yes
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted yes
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted no
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted no
- George Henry Noonan R-TX voted yes
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA voted yes
- Theobald Otjen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-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
- James George Maguire D-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- William Baker O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- 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
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis 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
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard 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
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon 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
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller 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
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp 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
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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