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On Jan 21, 1897, the House voted 119–47 (HRE 312). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 49–45, Democrats 69–0, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 45 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: 119
No: 47
Did not vote: 204
Date: Jan 21, 1897

By party

Democrats69 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans49 yes · 45 no · 159 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
George Spalding R-MI voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
William Seelye Linton R-MI voted no
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted no
Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted no
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA voted no
James Alexander Walker R-VA voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
Alexander Stewart R-WI voted no
Blackburn Barrett Dovener 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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