House roll call 135 · 54th Congress · Jan 27, 1897
To agree to report of conference committee relating to the H.R.7864, a bill to amend the immigration laws. (p. 1217, p. 1235-1)
On Jan 27, 1897, the House voted 131–117 (HR 7864). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 103–86, Democrats 26–37, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 112 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
- 131
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 112
- Date
- Jan 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 37 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Republicans103 yes · 86 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted yes
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted yes
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted yes
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted no
- George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
- George Elon White R-IL voted no
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL voted no
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
- Benson Wood R-IL voted no
- Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
- George Spalding R-MI voted no
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
- John Avery R-MI voted no
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
- Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted yes
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted no
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted no
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
- David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted no
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted no
- James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted no
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted no
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted no
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
- Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
- Paul John Sorg D-OH voted yes
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted yes
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
And 32 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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