House roll call 158 · 54th Congress · Feb 27, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 10090. (p. 2468-2)
On Feb 27, 1897, the House voted 56–175. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–144, Democrats 29–30, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 52 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
- 175
- Did not vote
- 139
- Date
- Feb 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 30 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 144 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted yes
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted yes
- James George Maguire D-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted yes
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA voted yes
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- George Elon White R-IL voted yes
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted yes
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted yes
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted yes
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA voted yes
- William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
- Alfred Milnes R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted yes
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted yes
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted yes
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted yes
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted yes
- James William Stokes D-SC voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted yes
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX voted yes
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA voted yes
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted yes
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted yes
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Elon White R-IL
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- William Baker O-KS
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- 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
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- 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
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- 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
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-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
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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