House roll call 122 · 54th Congress · Jan 15, 1897
To amend H.RES. 455, a bill authorizing the doorkeeper to appoint 15 additional folders, by providing that the extra employees shall be selected from states and
On Jan 15, 1897, the House voted 67–132 (HRE 455). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–122, Democrats 42–10, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 67
- No
- 132
- Did not vote
- 171
- Date
- Jan 15, 1897
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 10 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 122 no · 109 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted yes
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL voted yes
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
- Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
- Orlando Burrell R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted yes
- John William Lewis R-KY voted yes
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted no
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- George Washington Murray R-SC voted yes
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA voted no
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- 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
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin 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
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith 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
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher 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
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild 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
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney 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
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- 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
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson 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
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- George Washington Ray 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
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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