House roll call 112 · 54th Congress · Jan 6, 1897
To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 4566, a bill amending the postal laws relating to second-class mail matter. (p. 519-1)
On Jan 6, 1897, the House voted 144–104 (HR 4566). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–85, Democrats 46–13, Others 1–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 98 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
- 144
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Jan 6, 1897
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 13 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Republicans97 yes · 85 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted no
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
- Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
- Benson Wood R-IL voted no
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted no
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted no
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted no
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI voted no
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted no
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
- Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted no
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted no
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
- John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted no
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
- David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted no
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted no
- James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted no
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted no
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
- George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted no
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted no
- John Leisenring R-PA voted no
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted no
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted no
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA voted no
And 18 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty 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
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Andrew Price 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
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- 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
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- William Baker O-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- 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
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer 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
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper 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
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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