House roll call 149 · 55th Congress · Dec 13, 1898
To amend S. 95, (30 stat 755, dec. 21, 1898), a bill to amend the laws relating to american seamen and to promote commerce, pending and unfinished; which amendm
On Dec 13, 1898, the House voted 107–125 (S 95). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–123, Democrats 92–0, Others 11–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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
- 107
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 137
- Date
- Dec 13, 1898
By party
- Democrats92 yes · 0 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 123 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- George Spalding R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- James Rankin Young R-PA voted yes
- William Harrison Graham R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead 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
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- George Spalding R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
Other votes
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