To resolve into the committee of the whole and proceed to consideration of the general appropriation bills. (p. 1176-1)

On Jan 28, 1898, the House voted 70–167. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 71–44, Democrats 1–99, Others 0–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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: 70
No: 167
Did not vote: 132
Date: Jan 28, 1898

By party

Democrats1 yes · 99 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans71 yes · 44 no · 97 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted no
George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker D-IL voted yes
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Walter Evans R-KY voted no
George Mosby Davison R-KY voted no
Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted no
David Grant Colson R-KY voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME voted no
William Alden Smith R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Charles Frederick Joy R-MO voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Richmond Pearson R-NC voted no
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Frank Gay Clarke R-NH voted no
James Fleming Stewart R-NJ voted no
Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY voted no
Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY voted no
Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted no
William Bunn Shattuc R-OH voted no
Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Stephen Asa Northway R-OH voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX voted no
Horace Henry Powers R-VT voted no
Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI voted no
Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV voted no
Warren Miller R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To resolve into the committee of the whole…: House Vote, Jan 28, 1898,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-H-49/to-resolve-into-the-committee-of-the-whole-and (accessed 2026-10-17).