House roll call 93 · 55th Congress · Apr 18, 1898
To recede from house amendment and concur in Senate amendment to H.J.RES. 233, thereby giving recognition to the republic of cuba. (p. 4060)
On Apr 18, 1898, the House voted 145–177 (HJR 233). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–176, Democrats 115–1, Others 23–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 12 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
- 145
- No
- 177
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Apr 18, 1898
By party
- Democrats115 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 176 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others23 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- William Lorimer R-IL voted yes
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted yes
- George Elon White R-IL voted yes
- Vespasian Warner R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker D-IL voted no
- David Grant Colson R-KY voted yes
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH voted yes
- Seth W. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-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
- 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 Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Levin Irving Handy D-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- 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
- James Gunn O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL
- George Elon White R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- William Henry Hinrichsen D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- James Romulus Campbell D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-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
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Evan Evans Settle D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- David Grant Colson R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Samuel Thomas Baird D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- 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
- William Van Amberg Sullivan 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
- 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
- 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- George Alexander Marshall D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- George Jacob Benner D-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Freeman Tulley Knowles O-SD
- John Edward Kelley O-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson 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
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-WA
- William Carey Jones O-WA
- Charles Phillips Dorr R-WV
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
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Daniel Webster Mills 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Austin Connolly R-IL
- Jehu Baker D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- George Washington Faris 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
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Walter Evans R-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- 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
- William Emerson Barrett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Samuel June Barrows R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- William Croad Lovering 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
- George Spalding R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Horace Greeley Snover R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop 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
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- Jesse Burr Strode R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- 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
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Joseph McCrum Belford R-NY
- Denis Michael Hurley R-NY
- Israel Frederick Fischer R-NY
- Charles Goodwin Bennett R-NY
- James Robinson Howe R-NY
- John Murry Mitchell R-NY
- Richard Cutts Shannon R-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-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
- Henry Colvin Brewster R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander 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
- 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
- Clifton Bailey Beach R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Robert Adams Jr. R-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
- 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
- Edward Everett Robbins R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- William Carlile Arnold R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA
- James Alexander Walker R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney 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
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- Warren Miller R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Scales Plowman D-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- Milford Wriarson Howard O-AL
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- George Martin Curtis R-IA
- Edward Dean Cooke R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Mosby Davison R-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- John Simpkins R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Harry Skinner O-NC
- George Henry White R-NC
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Francis Henry Wilson R-NY
- John Herman George Vehslage D-NY
- David Forrest Wilber R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R-NY
- Lucien Jerome Fenton R-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mcaleer D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Cirby Sturtevant R-PA
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- John Walter Cranford D-TX
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Edward Sauerhering R-WI
- John Eugene Osborne D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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