House roll call 107 · 54th Congress · Dec 15, 1896
To adjourn.
On Dec 15, 1896, the House voted 103–133. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–88, Democrats 20–41, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 101 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
- 103
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- Dec 15, 1896
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 41 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Republicans81 yes · 88 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted yes
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- Edgar Wilson R-ID voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL voted yes
- George Elon White R-IL voted yes
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Walter Reeves R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
- Orlando Burrell R-IL voted yes
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted yes
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted yes
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted yes
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted yes
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted yes
- David Grant Colson R-KY voted yes
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted yes
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted yes
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted yes
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted yes
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted yes
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted yes
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted yes
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted yes
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted yes
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted yes
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY voted yes
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted yes
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted yes
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted yes
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted yes
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted yes
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted yes
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY voted yes
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted yes
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted yes
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted yes
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted yes
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted yes
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock 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
How each representative voted: No
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny 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
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry 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
- William Franklin Draper 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
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- 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
- 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
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn 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
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- 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
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler 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
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.