To commit H.RES. 158 to the committee on the judiciary, in order to defeat it. The resolution states that the words of MR. Talbert of s. Carolina that "in the

On Feb 7, 1896, the House voted 201–71 (HRE 158). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 117–66, Democrats 77–5, Others 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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: 201
No: 71
Did not vote: 98
Date: Feb 7, 1896

By party

Democrats77 yes · 5 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans117 yes · 66 no · 70 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
Edgar Wilson R-ID voted no
Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted no
David Grant Colson R-KY voted no
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
William Seelye Linton R-MI voted no
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted no
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY voted no
Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
James Joseph Walsh D-NY voted no
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted no
Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Frederick Halterman R-PA voted no
John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX voted no
Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
Samuel Andrew Cook 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
Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV voted no
James Hall Huling 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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