To amend H.R. 7664 (29 stat 413, 6/11/1896), the civil appropriation bill for fiscal yr. Ending june 30, 1897; which amendment proposes to appropriate $29,600 f

On Apr 2, 1896, the House voted 128–106 (HR 7664). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 108–58, Democrats 19–48, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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: 128
No: 106
Did not vote: 131
Date: Apr 2, 1896

By party

Democrats19 yes · 48 no · 40 didn’t vote
Republicans108 yes · 58 no · 87 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA voted no
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted yes
George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
Edgar Wilson R-ID voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
James Franklin Hanly R-IN voted no
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
Case Broderick R-KS voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted no
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA voted no
John Simpkins R-MA voted no
Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD voted yes
Horace Greeley Snover R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
John Plank Tracey R-MO voted no
William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted yes
Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted no
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted no
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE voted no
Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted yes
James Joseph Walsh D-NY voted yes
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Paul John Sorg D-OH voted yes
Luther Martin Strong R-OH voted no
Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
William Elliott D-SC voted yes
Stanyarne Wilson D-SC voted yes
James William Stokes D-SC voted yes
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted yes
George Cassety Pendleton D-TX voted yes
Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
Miles Crowley D-TX voted yes
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted no
Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA voted no
William Hall Doolittle R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Edward Sauerhering R-WI voted no
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI voted no
Michael Griffin R-WI voted no
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted no
Alexander Stewart R-WI 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 amend H.R. 7664 (29 stat 413, 6/11/1896)…: House Vote, Apr 2, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-29/to-amend-h-r-7664-29-stat-413-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).