House roll call 77 · 55th Congress · Mar 7, 1898
To pass H.R. 8656. (p. 2562-2)
On Mar 7, 1898, the House voted 141–41 (HR 8656). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 102–1, Democrats 35–35, Others 4–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 141
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 189
- Date
- Mar 7, 1898
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 35 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans102 yes · 1 no · 109 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- Willis Brewer D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Sebastian Little D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR voted no
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE voted no
- James Mathews Griggs 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
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL voted no
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL voted no
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN voted no
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY voted no
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY voted no
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA voted no
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO voted no
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- William Franklin Love D-MS voted no
- Patrick Henry D-MS voted no
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC voted no
- David Meekison D-OH voted no
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN voted no
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX voted no
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
- John Lamb D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John All Barham R-CA
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Samuel Mercer Clark R-IA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- 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
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- Daniel Webster Mills R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- George Warren Weymouth 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
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Mcdonald R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- George Spalding R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Ferdinand D. Brucker D-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- George Henry White R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- William Laury Greene O-NE
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- Philip Burrill Low R-NY
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. 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
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- James Rankin Young R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler O-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- William Sebring Kirkpatrick R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Willis Brewer 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
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- William Franklin Love D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- John Edgar Fowler O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Henry Martin O-NC
- Alonzo Craig Shuford O-NC
- David Meekison D-OH
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
Did not vote
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- 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
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- James Gunn O-ID
- George Elon White R-IL
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- Jehu Baker 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
- Charles Lewis Henry R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Mason Summers Peters 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
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Watson Mcintire R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Albert May Todd D-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Nall Bodine D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman O-MT
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- William Franklin Strowd O-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Samuel Maxwell O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Mahlon Pitney R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Thomas Mcewan Jr. 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
- Israel Frederick Fischer 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
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- William Lukens Ward R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver 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
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-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
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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