House roll call 174 · 55th Congress · Feb 20, 1899
To suspend the rules and pass S. 460, a bill extending the postal service.
On Feb 20, 1899, the House voted 125–97 (S 460). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 72–50, Democrats 43–36, Others 10–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 86 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
- 125
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 149
- Date
- Feb 20, 1899
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 36 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Republicans72 yes · 50 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA voted no
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted no
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted no
- William Henry Fleming D-GA voted no
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted no
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker D-IL voted no
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN voted no
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted no
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY voted no
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY voted no
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted no
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
- William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
- William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
- Albert May Todd D-MI voted no
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
- William Smith Mesick R-MI voted no
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI voted no
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- James Cooney D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Edward Robb D-MO voted no
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO voted no
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO voted no
- Thomas Spight D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Patrick Henry D-MS voted no
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted no
- David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
- James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
- Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH voted no
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA voted no
- Marriott Brosius R-PA voted no
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA voted no
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA voted no
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted no
- James William Stokes D-SC voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted no
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA voted no
- Jacob Yost R-VA voted no
And 6 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. 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
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown 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
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James George Maguire D-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
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-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
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor 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
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss 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
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Samuel Booze 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
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- 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
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering 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
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver 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
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James Norton D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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