To recommit to the committee on appropriations, deficiency appropriation bill, H.R. 10329, with instructions to amend, by reducing from $16,277.91 to $14,712.45

On Feb 22, 1897, the House voted 101–138 (HR 10329). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–119, Democrats 46–18, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 101
No: 138
Did not vote: 129
Date: Feb 22, 1897

By party

Democrats46 yes · 18 no · 43 didn’t vote
Republicans53 yes · 119 no · 81 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
John All Barham R-CA voted yes
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted yes
William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted yes
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
Edgar Wilson R-ID voted yes
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted yes
Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted yes
James Franklin Hanly R-IN voted yes
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted yes
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted yes
Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted yes
Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted yes
David Grant Colson R-KY voted yes
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted no
Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted yes
George Spalding R-MI voted yes
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted yes
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted yes
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted yes
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted yes
Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted yes
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted yes
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
Walter McKennon Denny D-MS voted no
James Grafton Spencer D-MS voted no
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted yes
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted yes
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted yes
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted yes
Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted no
Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted yes
Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted yes
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
Addison S. Mcclure R-OH voted yes
Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH voted yes
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
James Hodge Codding R-PA voted yes
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted yes
John Ethridge Mccall R-TN voted yes
James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted no
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Miles Crowley D-TX voted no
Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA voted no
William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA voted yes
William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted yes
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted yes
Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI 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 recommit to the committee on…: House Vote, Feb 22, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-151/to-recommit-to-the-committee-on-appropriations-deficiency-appropriatio (accessed 2026-10-16).