House roll call 71 · 54th Congress · May 29, 1896
To pass H.RES. 306, a resolution relating to the contested election case of johnston VS. Stokes, which resolution declares that thomas b. Johnson was not electe
On May 29, 1896, the House voted 103–99 (HRE 306). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–98, Democrats 59–0, Others 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 103
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 168
- Date
- May 29, 1896
By party
- Democrats59 yes · 0 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 98 no · 117 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted yes
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted yes
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted yes
- Case Broderick R-KS voted yes
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS voted yes
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Moody R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
- George Spalding R-MI voted yes
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN voted yes
- John Henry Raney R-MO voted yes
- Richmond Pearson R-NC voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted yes
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted yes
- James Hodge Codding R-PA voted yes
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Griswold R-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted yes
- Melville Bull R-RI voted yes
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted yes
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted yes
- Michael Griffin R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Stewart R-WI voted yes
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-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
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth R-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- William Flavius Lester Hadley R-IL
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Richard Whiting Blue R-KS
- John Kerr Hendrick D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- William Claiborne Owens D-KY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall D-KY
- Charles Francis Buck D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- John Henry Raney R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Walter McKennon Denny D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- James Alexander Lockhart D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- James Joseph Walsh D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- James Alonzo Stahle R-PA
- Matthew Griswold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow 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
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Albert Taylor Goodwyn O-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Grove Lawrence Johnson R-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Edgar Wilson R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Benson Wood R-IL
- Orlando Burrell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN
- Robert John Tracewell R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Jacob D. Leighty R-IN
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Harrison Henry Atwood R-MA
- Alfred Milnes R-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- George Calhoun Crowther R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO
- Charles Germman Burton R-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ezekiel Andrews R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY
- Theodore Lewis Poole R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Charles Phelps Taft R-OH
- Francis Byron De Witt R-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Stephen Ross Harris R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Frederick Halterman R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Foster Vincent Brown R-TN
- John Ethridge Mccall R-TN
- Clarence Emir Allen R-UT
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Truman Heminway Aldrich R-AL
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Finis Ewing Downing D-IL
- John Irving Rinaker R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Everett Jerome Murphy R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- James Franklin Hanly R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS
- John William Lewis R-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Nathan Thomas Hopkins R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Joshua Weldon Miles D-MD
- 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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss 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
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- John Plank Tracey R-MO
- Joel Douglas Hubbard R-MO
- William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- James Grafton Spencer D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- John Gilbert Shaw D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer 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
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Henry Clay Miner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Frank Swett Black R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth 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
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- David Kemper Watson R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- John Leisenring R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Coleman Anderson R-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Miles Crowley D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Henry Noonan R-TX
- Tazewell Ellett D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- William Robertson Mckenney D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Samuel Andrew Cook R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- James Hall Huling R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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