House roll call 62 · 55th Congress · Feb 19, 1898
To amend S. 1035, by eliminating all involuntary features and the features relating to corporations. (p. 1945-1)
On Feb 19, 1898, the House voted 139–157 (S 1035). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–146, Democrats 93–10, Others 25–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 139
- No
- 157
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Feb 19, 1898
By party
- Democrats93 yes · 10 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 146 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others25 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted yes
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- George Elon White R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Faris R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY voted yes
- David Grant Colson R-KY voted yes
- Adolph Meyer D-LA voted no
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted no
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted no
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH voted yes
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY voted yes
- Seth W. Brown R-OH voted yes
- William Mcaleer D-PA voted no
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA voted yes
- William Elliott D-SC voted no
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Charles Averill Barlow O-CA
- Curtis Harvey Castle O-CA
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston 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
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- George Elon White R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Mason Summers Peters O-KS
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- William Davis Vincent O-KS
- Nelson B. Mccormick O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- Jeremiah Dunham Botkin O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Daniel Clardy D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker 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
- 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
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait 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
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth 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 Benjamin Baker R-MD
- William Samuel Booze R-MD
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss 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
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart 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
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Philip Burrill Low 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
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Morgan B. Williams R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- James Hodge Codding R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- Monroe Henry Kulp R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- George Spalding R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- George Henry White R-NC
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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