To consider H.R. 10090, the antiticket scalping bill, which makes it the duty of every common carrier to provide each agent who may be authorized to sell ticket

On Feb 27, 1897, the House voted 153–69 (HR 10090). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–40, Democrats 30–25, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 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: 153
No: 69
Did not vote: 148
Date: Feb 27, 1897

By party

Democrats30 yes · 25 no · 52 didn’t vote
Republicans123 yes · 40 no · 90 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
Robert Neill D-AR voted no
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
James George Maguire D-CA voted no
William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted no
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
George Elon White R-IL voted no
Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
Henry Warren Ogden D-LA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted no
Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
David Kemper Watson R-OH voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted no
Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
Tazewell Ellett D-VA voted no
William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
Blackburn Barrett Dovener 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 consider H.R. 10090, the antiticket…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-157/to-consider-h-r-10090-the-antiticket-scalping-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).