House roll call 167 · 55th Congress · Feb 8, 1899
To adjourn.
On Feb 8, 1899, the House voted 46–152. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–102, Democrats 35–39, Others 7–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 39 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
- 46
- No
- 152
- Did not vote
- 173
- Date
- Feb 8, 1899
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 39 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 102 no · 106 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE voted yes
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted yes
- Jehu Baker D-IL voted yes
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted yes
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY voted yes
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted yes
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY voted yes
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted yes
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA voted yes
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted yes
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Spight D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH voted yes
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH voted yes
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA voted yes
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted yes
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted yes
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX voted yes
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted yes
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
- James Hay D-VA voted yes
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- William Sulzer D-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- James Hay D-VA
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- 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
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince 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
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- James George Maguire D-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver 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
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett 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
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- John Mcdonald 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
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager 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
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-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
- 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
- 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 Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.