House roll call 21 · 54th Congress · Mar 11, 1896
To amend H.R. 6614 (29 stat 313, 6/9/96), the post office appropriation bill for fiscal year ending june 30, 1897, by eliminating the appropriation of $196,614.
On Mar 11, 1896, the House voted 110–136 (HR 6614). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 90–79, Democrats 18–59, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 97 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
- 110
- No
- 136
- Did not vote
- 120
- Date
- Mar 11, 1896
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 59 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans90 yes · 79 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted yes
- Robert Neill D-AR voted yes
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
- James George Maguire D-CA voted yes
- James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted no
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN voted no
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted yes
- John William Lewis R-KY voted no
- Walter Evans R-KY voted no
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
- Ashley Bascom Wright 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
- William Franklin Draper R-MA voted no
- John Simpkins R-MA voted no
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
- William Seelye Linton R-MI voted no
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
- John Avery R-MI voted no
- Loren Fletcher R-MN voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Settle R-NC voted no
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
- Richmond Pearson R-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted no
- James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted no
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted no
- George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
- George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY voted no
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted no
- Frederick Halterman R-PA voted no
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- John Leisenring R-PA voted no
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted no
- James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted no
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted no
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA voted no
And 17 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp 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
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- John Daniel Clardy D-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
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe 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
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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 Hodge Codding R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
Did not vote
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Kissig Cowen D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Richard Wayne Parker 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
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson 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
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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