To resolve into committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of H.R. 4566, a bill to amend the laws relating to second-class mai

On Dec 15, 1896, the House voted 142–84. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 102–59, Democrats 39–19, Others 1–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 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: 142
No: 84
Did not vote: 144
Date: Dec 15, 1896

By party

Democrats39 yes · 19 no · 49 didn’t vote
Republicans102 yes · 59 no · 92 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted no
Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
James George Maguire D-CA voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
William Lorimer R-IL voted no
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL voted no
George Elon White R-IL voted no
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
David Demerest Aitken R-MI voted no
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted no
John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted no
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY voted no
Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted no
William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted no
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted no
Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted no
John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted no
Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
Michael Griffin R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted no
Alexander Stewart R-WI voted no
John James Jenkins R-WI voted no
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV voted no
Warren Miller R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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