House roll call 6 · 56th Congress · Dec 20, 1899
To adjourn. (p. 621)
On Dec 20, 1899, the House voted 81–106. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 79–17, Democrats 3–83, Others 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 81
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 181
- Date
- Dec 20, 1899
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 83 no · 80 didn’t vote
- Republicans79 yes · 17 no · 99 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Smith Mcpherson R-IA voted no
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS voted no
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
- Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted no
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted yes
- Seth W. Brown R-OH voted no
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH voted no
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH voted no
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
- Joseph Earlston Thropp R-PA voted no
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA voted no
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John All Barham R-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Henry Hoffecker R-DE
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Lot Thomas R-IA
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Vespasian Warner R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Blaisdell Corliss R-MI
- Henry Cassorte Smith R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Edgar Weeks R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- George Henry White R-NC
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Bunn Shattuc R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Stephen Morgan R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- Horace Billings Packer R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Melville Bull R-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Charles Henry Burke R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Henry Richard Gibson R-TN
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Alexander Stewart R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener R-WV
- Romeo Hoyt Freer R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett 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
- John Franklin Shafroth O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Robert Wyche Davis D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Henry Fleming D-GA
- Smith Mcpherson R-IA
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- Robert Walter Miers D-IN
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- James William Denny D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- John Dougherty D-MO
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Patrick Henry D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Townsend Scudder D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Bertram Tracy Clayton D-NY
- Frank Eugene Wilson D-NY
- Mitchell May D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy D-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. D-NY
- Martin Henry Glynn D-NY
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Stanley Woodward Davenport D-PA
- Joseph Earlston Thropp R-PA
- Summers Melville Jack R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Athelston Gaston D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Charles Edward Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D-TX
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Sydney Parham Epes D-VA
- Peter Johnston Otey D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- John Franklin Rixey D-VA
- William Francis Rhea D-VA
- Julian Minor Quarles D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- William Farrington Aldrich R-AL
- Willis Brewer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- Russell Judson Waters R-CA
- Walter Oakley Hoffecker R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis 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
- Joseph Reed Lane R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Edgar Wilson O-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- George Peter Foster D-IL
- Thomas Cusack D-IL
- Edward Thomas Noonan D-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Walter Reeves R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Elza Williams D-IL
- Thomas Marion Jett D-IL
- Joseph Burns Crowley D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- James Alexander Hemenway R-IN
- Francis Marion Griffith D-IN
- George Washington Faris R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- George Washington Cromer R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Justin De Witt Bowersock R-KS
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- June Ward Gayle D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Phanor Breazeale D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- John Randolph Thayer D-MA
- George Warren Weymouth R-MA
- William Shadrach Knox R-MA
- William Henry Moody R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA
- Henry Francis Naphen D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Josiah Leeds Kerr R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Rousseau Owen Crump R-MI
- William Smith Mesick R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Joel Prescott Heatwole R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Charles Edward Pearce R-MO
- Edward Robb D-MO
- Willard Duncan Vandiver D-MO
- Maecenas Eason Benton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Andrew Fuller Fox D-MS
- Albert James Campbell D-MT
- John Wilbur Atwater O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- James Fleming Stewart R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Allan Langdon Mcdermott D-NJ
- William Davis Daly D-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- William Astor Chanler D-NY
- John Quincy Underhill D-NY
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane R-NY
- John Knox Stewart R-NY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer R-NY
- Louis Woodard Emerson R-NY
- Albert Duane Shaw R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Mary Early O'Grady R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Lewis Brenner D-OH
- Archibald Lybrand R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- John Jacob Lentz D-OH
- James Albert Norton D-OH
- Winfield Scott Kerr R-OH
- Joseph John Gill R-OH
- John Anderson Mcdowell D-OH
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody 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
- Edward de Veaux Morrell R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Laird Howard Barber D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- James Wilfrid Ryan D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Charles Frederick Wright R-PA
- Rufus King Polk D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Edward Danner Ziegler D-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thomas Henry Ball D-TX
- Robert Emmet Burke D-TX
- Robert Bradley Hawley R-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Richard Alsop Wise R-VA
- William Albin Young D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- Herman Bjorn Dahle R-WI
- Theobald Otjen R-WI
- Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Edward Sloman Minor R-WI
- Alston Gordon Dayton R-WV
- David Emmons Johnston D-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.