House roll call 154 · 55th Congress · Jan 9, 1899
To agree in the comm. Of the whole, to the amendment to H.R. 11414, (app. Feb. 24, 1899, 30 stat 846), a bill making legislative, executive, and judicial approp
On Jan 9, 1899, the House voted 97–124 (HR 11414). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 57–74, Democrats 36–42, Others 6–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 93 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
- 97
- No
- 124
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- Jan 9, 1899
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 42 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 74 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL voted yes
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted yes
- John All Barham R-CA voted yes
- Marion De Vries D-CA voted yes
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted yes
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- James Austin Connolly R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN voted yes
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted yes
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted yes
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY voted yes
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted yes
- Walter Evans R-KY voted yes
- George Mosby Davison R-KY voted yes
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted yes
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA voted yes
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted yes
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD voted yes
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted yes
- William Samuel Booze R-MD voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- John Mcdonald R-MD voted yes
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted yes
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI voted yes
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted yes
- James Cooney D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO voted yes
- Edward Robb D-MO voted yes
- George Henry White R-NC voted yes
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Richmond Pearson R-NC voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH voted yes
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY voted yes
- Seth W. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH voted yes
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH voted yes
- James Harding Southard R-OH voted yes
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- James Albert Norton D-OH voted yes
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted yes
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH voted yes
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR voted yes
- James Rankin Young R-PA voted yes
- William Connell R-PA voted yes
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA voted yes
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted yes
- William Harrison Graham R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted yes
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted yes
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
And 13 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- George Henry White R-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- 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 Marcellus Howard D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- 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
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer 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
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Richard Alsop Wise R-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
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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