To pass a resolution in the nature of a substitute for H.RES. 284, providing for the seating of john s. Rinaker.

On May 13, 1896, the House voted 139–35 (HRE 284). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–35, Democrats 69–0, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 35 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: 139
No: 35
Did not vote: 196
Date: May 13, 1896

By party

Democrats69 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans67 yes · 35 no · 151 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Franklin Aldrich R-IL voted no
William Lorimer R-IL voted no
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Walter Reeves R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
John Avery R-MI voted no
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted no
Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY voted no
Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted no
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Henry Allen Cooper 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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