To adjourn, due to lateness of hour. (p. 2018-1)

On Feb 19, 1897, the House voted 71–58. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–32, Democrats 7–21, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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: 58
Did not vote: 241
Date: Feb 19, 1897

By party

Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 79 didn’t vote
Republicans63 yes · 32 no · 158 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Paul Harrison D-AL voted yes
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted yes
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
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
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
Lucien Jerome Fenton 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
Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted yes
David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI 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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