House roll call 152 · 54th Congress · Feb 24, 1897
To pass S. 3307 (29 stat 624, 3/3/97), a bill declaring the potomac flats a pulic park under the name of the potomac park. (p. 2219-2)
On Feb 24, 1897, the House voted 157–64 (S 3307). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 130–28, Democrats 26–31, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 157
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 149
- Date
- Feb 24, 1897
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 31 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Republicans130 yes · 28 no · 95 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted no
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Case Broderick R-KS voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY voted yes
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD voted yes
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
- Paul John Sorg D-OH voted yes
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted no
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted no
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted yes
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
- James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
- Matthew Griswold R-PA voted no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted yes
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted yes
- Josiah Patterson D-TN voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer 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
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince 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
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington 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
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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