To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2396, a bill granting a pension to isaac holbrook. (p. 1085-1)

On Jan 22, 1897, the House voted 50–72. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–62, Democrats 11–9, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 50
No: 72
Did not vote: 248
Date: Jan 22, 1897

By party

Democrats11 yes · 9 no · 87 didn’t vote
Republicans36 yes · 62 no · 155 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
John All Barham R-CA voted yes
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted yes
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted yes
Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted yes
Charles Robert Crisp D-GA voted no
Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted yes
Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted yes
William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
George Spalding R-MI voted yes
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted yes
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted yes
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
John Avery R-MI voted yes
Loren Fletcher R-MN voted yes
John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted yes
Charles Daniels R-NY voted yes
Paul John Sorg D-OH voted no
Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted yes
George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted yes
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted yes
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
Matthew Griswold R-PA voted yes
William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted yes
William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted yes
John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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