House roll call 56 · 54th Congress · May 13, 1896
To order the previous question on H.RES. 284, in order to close debate and bring up a substitute resolution seating john s. Rinaker for immediate vote.
On May 13, 1896, the House voted 143–76 (HRE 284). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–76, Democrats 70–0, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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
- 76
- Did not vote
- 151
- Date
- May 13, 1896
By party
- Democrats70 yes · 0 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Republicans67 yes · 76 no · 110 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted yes
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted yes
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted yes
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted yes
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted yes
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted yes
- Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted yes
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted yes
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
- William Franklin Draper R-MA voted yes
- John Simpkins R-MA voted yes
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted yes
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted yes
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted yes
- George Spalding R-MI voted yes
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted yes
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted yes
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted yes
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted yes
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted yes
- John Henry Raney R-MO voted yes
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted yes
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted yes
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted yes
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted yes
- James Robinson Howe R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted yes
- George Newell Southwick R-NY voted yes
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted yes
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted yes
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted yes
- James Hodge Codding R-PA voted yes
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA voted yes
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA voted yes
- John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted yes
- Melville Bull R-RI voted yes
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted yes
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted yes
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN voted yes
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted yes
- James Alexander Walker R-VA voted yes
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted yes
- Theobald Otjen R-WI voted yes
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- 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
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- William Baker O-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt 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
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- James Hall Huling R-WV
Did not vote
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- John William Lewis R-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-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
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Charles Nelson Clark R-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Richard Cunningham Mccormick R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers 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
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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