House roll call 163 · 55th Congress · Feb 3, 1899
To adjourn.
On Feb 3, 1899, the House voted 96–110. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–93, Democrats 67–13, Others 12–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 96
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 165
- Date
- Feb 3, 1899
By party
- Democrats67 yes · 13 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 93 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted no
- George Martin Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA voted yes
- George Spalding R-MI voted yes
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI voted no
- Edward Robb D-MO voted no
- David Henry Mercer R-NE voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted yes
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH voted no
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted no
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN voted no
- John Lamb D-VA voted no
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA voted no
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted yes
- James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- George Spalding R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- 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
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- George Henry White R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey 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 Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- 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
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker 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
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.