To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.RES. 284, providing for recommital of the contested election case of john rinaker and finis e. Downing to the committ

On May 13, 1896, the House voted 96–139. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 99–62, Democrats 0–72, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 96
No: 139
Did not vote: 130
Date: May 13, 1896

By party

Democrats0 yes · 72 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans99 yes · 62 no · 92 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Walter Evans R-KY voted no
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
Ashley Bascom Wright 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
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
George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted no
Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted no
William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted no
Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted no
Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
James Hodge Codding R-PA voted no
Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA voted no
James Alonzo Stahle R-PA voted no
Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA voted no
Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
Foster Vincent Brown R-TN voted no
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
John James Jenkins 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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