To adjourn, made during debate on H.RES. 284.

On May 13, 1896, the House voted 60–133. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 59–61, Democrats 0–69, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 59 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: 60
No: 133
Did not vote: 177
Date: May 13, 1896

By party

Democrats0 yes · 69 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans59 yes · 61 no · 133 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted yes
George Martin Curtis R-IA voted yes
Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted yes
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
James Franklin Aldrich R-IL voted yes
William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted yes
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
Walter Reeves R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL voted yes
Benson Wood R-IL voted yes
Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted yes
George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted yes
Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted yes
Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted yes
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted yes
John Avery R-MI voted yes
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted yes
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO voted yes
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted yes
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted yes
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted yes
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted yes
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted yes
Charles Daniels R-NY voted yes
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
Frederick Halterman R-PA voted yes
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted yes
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted yes
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted yes
Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted yes
Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted yes
Alexander Stewart R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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