To concur in Senate amendment no. 46 to the agricultural appropriation bill, H.R. 5161 (29 stat 99, 4/25/96), for fiscal year ending june 30, 1897, which amendm

On Mar 7, 1896, the House voted 108–118 (HR 5161). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 85–66, Democrats 22–49, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 88 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: 108
No: 118
Did not vote: 144
Date: Mar 7, 1896

By party

Democrats22 yes · 49 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans85 yes · 66 no · 102 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted yes
John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
William Leake Terry D-AR voted yes
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA voted yes
Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA voted no
George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet 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
James Franklin Hanly R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
Walter Evans R-KY voted no
Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY voted yes
Henry Warren Ogden D-LA voted yes
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
John Simpkins R-MA voted no
George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
William Seelye Linton R-MI voted no
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI voted no
John Plank Tracey R-MO voted no
William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted yes
James Alexander Lockhart D-NC voted yes
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
James Joseph Walsh D-NY voted yes
Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
Frank Swett Black R-NY voted no
Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted no
Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY voted no
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted no
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
Paul John Sorg D-OH voted yes
Fernando Coello Layton D-OH voted yes
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
John Buchanan Robinson R-PA voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
William Alexis Stone R-PA voted no
Matthew Griswold R-PA voted no
George Franklin Huff R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
William Elliott D-SC voted yes
William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted yes
John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no

And 8 more.

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 concur in Senate amendment no. 46 to the…: House Vote, Mar 7, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-20/to-concur-in-senate-amendment-no-46-to-the (accessed 2026-10-17).