To adjourn, motion made during a debate on H.RES. 320. (p. 1040-2)

On Jan 21, 1897, the House voted 112–121. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 110–49, Democrats 0–71, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 112
No: 121
Did not vote: 137
Date: Jan 21, 1897

By party

Democrats0 yes · 71 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans110 yes · 49 no · 94 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Edgar Wilson R-ID voted no
Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
Case Broderick R-KS voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
William Franklin Draper R-MA voted no
Charles Edward Coffin R-MD voted no
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
George Spalding R-MI voted no
Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted no
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted no
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY voted no
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted no
George Washington Hulick R-OH voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted no
John Edgar Reyburn R-PA voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
John Leisenring R-PA voted no
James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted no
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA voted no
William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
John James Jenkins R-WI 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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