House roll call 147 · 54th Congress · Feb 19, 1897
To adjourn. (p. 2017-1)
On Feb 19, 1897, the House voted 64–73. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–52, Democrats 11–17, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 62 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
- 64
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 233
- Date
- Feb 19, 1897
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Republicans51 yes · 52 no · 150 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Paul Harrison D-AL voted yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted yes
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted yes
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL voted yes
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted yes
- Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
- Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
- Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
- William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
- George Spalding R-MI voted yes
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted yes
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI voted yes
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted yes
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
- John Avery R-MI voted yes
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted yes
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO voted yes
- John Plank Tracey R-MO voted yes
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted yes
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted yes
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted yes
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted yes
- Charles Daniels R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted yes
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted yes
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Griswold R-PA voted yes
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted yes
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted yes
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted yes
- George Washington Murray R-SC voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted yes
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted yes
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted yes
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
- Michael Griffin R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Stewart R-WI voted yes
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-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
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp 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
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey 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
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.