To amend H.R. 8656 by extending to all railroad companies the present exclusive right to contract, own, and operate connecting or intersecting lines and to incr

On Mar 7, 1898, the House voted 97–118 (HR 8656). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 90–29, Democrats 6–74, Others 1–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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: 97
No: 118
Did not vote: 156
Date: Mar 7, 1898

By party

Democrats6 yes · 74 no · 52 didn’t vote
Republicans90 yes · 29 no · 93 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted yes
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Daniel Webster Mills R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA voted no
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
John Simpkins R-MA voted no
John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI voted no
John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
Jesse Burr Strode R-NE voted no
David Henry Mercer R-NE voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
Philip Burrill Low R-NY voted no
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R-NY voted no
Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY voted no
Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R-NY voted no
Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Edward Everett Robbins R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted yes
James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
William Albin Young D-VA voted yes

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 amend H.R. 8656 by extending to all…: House Vote, Mar 7, 1898,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-H-75/to-amend-h-r-8656-by-extending-to-all (accessed 2026-10-17).