To agree to report of the committee on conference on S. 1832 (29 stat 622 3/3/97), an act to define the rights of purchasers under mortgages concerning the atla

On Jan 29, 1897, the House voted 71–143 (S 1832). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 67–84, Democrats 4–52, Others 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 71
No: 143
Did not vote: 155
Date: Jan 29, 1897

By party

Democrats4 yes · 52 no · 51 didn’t vote
Republicans67 yes · 84 no · 102 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Paul Harrison D-AL voted yes
Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted yes
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted yes
Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted yes
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted yes
Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted yes
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
George Washington Faris R-IN voted yes
Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS voted yes
Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS 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
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted yes
Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted yes
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted yes
Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA voted yes
George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted yes
John Avery R-MI voted yes
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted yes
John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted yes
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted yes
Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted yes
John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted yes
Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted yes
Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY voted yes
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted yes
Charles Daniels R-NY voted yes
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted yes
James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
David Kemper Watson R-OH voted yes
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted yes
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted yes
Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted yes
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted yes
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
Frederick Halterman R-PA voted yes
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted yes
William Alexis Stone R-PA voted yes
Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted yes
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted yes
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted yes
Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted yes
George Henry Noonan R-TX voted yes
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted yes
William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted yes
John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes
Warren Miller R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to report of the committee on…: House Vote, Jan 29, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-136/to-agree-to-report-of-the-committee-on-conference (accessed 2026-10-17).