To adjourn, due to lateness of hour.

On May 29, 1896, the House voted 67–58. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 55–40, Democrats 11–14, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 67
No: 58
Did not vote: 245
Date: May 29, 1896

By party

Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 82 didn’t vote
Republicans55 yes · 40 no · 158 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
Jethro Ayers Hatch R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Case Broderick R-KS voted no
Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R-KS voted no
John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN voted no
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted yes
Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
William Mitchellson Treloar R-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
Norman Adolphus Mozley R-MO voted no
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted yes
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted no
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R-NY voted no
George Washington Hulick R-OH voted no
George Washington Wilson R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted no
Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted yes
Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN voted yes
George Henry Noonan R-TX voted no
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Henry St. George Tucker D-VA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Samuel Andrew Cook 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn, due to lateness of hour.: House Vote, May 29, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-72/to-adjourn-due-to-lateness-of-hour (accessed 2026-10-17).