To reconsider the vote by which the third reading and engrossment of H.R. 7251 was agreed to.

On Apr 8, 1896, the House voted 143–99 (HR 7251). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–81, Democrats 49–16, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 143
No: 99
Did not vote: 128
Date: Apr 8, 1896

By party

Democrats49 yes · 16 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans92 yes · 81 no · 80 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted no
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA voted no
Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
James Franklin Aldrich R-IL voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL voted no
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted no
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
David Grant Colson R-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
John Simpkins R-MA voted no
George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
William Seelye Linton R-MI voted no
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
John Avery R-MI voted no
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted no
William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
John Mills Allen D-MS voted no
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
Walter McKennon Denny D-MS voted no
Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted no
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
Denis Michael Hurley R-NY voted no
Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted no
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
David Forrest Wilber R-NY voted no
Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted no
Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted no
Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted no
Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted no
Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Stephen Ross Harris R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Robert Adams Jr. R-PA voted no
Frederick Halterman R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
John Buchanan Robinson R-PA voted no
Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted no
Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
Marriott Brosius R-PA voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
John Leisenring R-PA voted no
Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no

And 17 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 reconsider the vote by which the third…: House Vote, Apr 8, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-34/to-reconsider-the-vote-by-which-the-third-reading (accessed 2026-10-16).