To consider a resolution that oscar w. Underwood was not elected a representative to the 54th Congress from the 9th congressional district of alabama, and that

On Jun 8, 1896, the House voted 131–68 (HRE 387). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 126–29, Democrats 1–38, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 131
No: 68
Did not vote: 171
Date: Jun 8, 1896

By party

Democrats1 yes · 38 no · 68 didn’t vote
Republicans126 yes · 29 no · 98 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
Edgar Wilson R-ID voted no
James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
Jacob D. Leighty R-IN voted no
Case Broderick R-KS voted no
Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Walter Evans R-KY voted no
William Claiborne Owens D-KY voted yes
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
John Simpkins R-MA voted no
William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted no
Addison S. Mcclure R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
James Alonzo Stahle R-PA voted no
Charles Warren Stone R-PA voted no
Clarence Emir Allen R-UT voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney 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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