House roll call 138 · 55th Congress · Jun 28, 1898
To adopt the conference report on S. 1035, (30 stat 544, july 1, 1898), a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U.S. (p. 6426-2)
On Jun 28, 1898, the House voted 134–53 (S 1035). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 103–8, Democrats 23–41, Others 10–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 members voted against their own party.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 134
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 182
- Date
- Jun 28, 1898
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 41 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Republicans103 yes · 8 no · 101 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted no
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- George Elon White R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA voted yes
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI voted yes
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- George Henry White R-NC voted no
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH voted yes
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX voted yes
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- George Elon White R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- George Henry White R-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- John Lamb D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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