To dispense with further proceedings under the call of the house. (p. 2017-2)

On Feb 19, 1897, the House voted 56–75. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–46, Democrats 5–23, Others 0–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 56
No: 75
Did not vote: 239
Date: Feb 19, 1897

By party

Democrats5 yes · 23 no · 79 didn’t vote
Republicans51 yes · 46 no · 156 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL voted no
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted yes
Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL 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
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
James Franklin Hanly R-IN voted no
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
William Franklin Draper R-MA voted no
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
George Washington Hulick R-OH voted no
Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
James Alonzo Stahle R-PA voted no
William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
George Henry Noonan R-TX voted no
David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Warren Miller 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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Capitol Receipts, “To dispense with further proceedings under…: House Vote, Feb 19, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-148/to-dispense-with-further-proceedings-under-the-call-of (accessed 2026-10-17).