House roll call 23 · 55th Congress · Jun 3, 1897
To amend S. 1886 (30 stat 96, june 7, 1897), an act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain harbors, rivers and inland waters of the U.S., b
On Jun 3, 1897, the House voted 94–39 (S 1886). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–0, Democrats 5–30, Others 1–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 94
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 238
- Date
- Jun 3, 1897
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 30 no · 97 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 0 no · 124 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted yes
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted yes
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- James Gunn O-ID
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- David Meekison D-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- James Hay D-VA
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Joseph Wheeler 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
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs 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
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh 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
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Isaac Ambrose Barber R-MD
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- 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
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- 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
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg 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
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell 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
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines 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
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Warren Miller R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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