House roll call 7 · 56th Congress · Dec 20, 1899
To adjourn. (p. 622-2)
On Dec 20, 1899, the House voted 77–94. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 75–13, Democrats 2–77, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 77
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 198
- Date
- Dec 20, 1899
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 77 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Republicans75 yes · 13 no · 107 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Smith Mcpherson R-IA voted no
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted no
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted no
- Seth W. Brown R-OH voted no
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH voted no
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
- Horace Billings Packer 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
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John All Barham R-CA
- Victor Howard Metcalf R-CA
- Russell Judson Waters R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- John Henry Hoffecker R-DE
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen 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
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Vincent Boreing R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Charles Franklin Sprague R-MA
- Frank Charles Wachter R-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield 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
- Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI
- Carlos Douglas Shelden R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC
- Burleigh Folsom Spalding R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- John James Gardner 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
- Walter Lowrie Weaver R-OH
- James Harding Southard R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Robert Walker Tayler R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-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
- 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
- Willis Brewer 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
- 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
- William Taylor Zenor D-IN
- James McClellan Robinson D-IN
- Edwin Reed Ridgely O-KS
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler D-KY
- John Stockdale Rhea D-KY
- David Highbaugh Smith D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick D-KY
- William Benjamin Baker R-MD
- James William Denny D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- John Dougherty D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- James Cooney D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-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
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz D-NC
- William Ledyard Stark O-NE
- Roderick Dhu Sutherland O-NE
- William Neville O-NE
- Joshua S. Salmon D-NJ
- 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
- Martin Henry Glynn D-NY
- Robert Bryarly Gordon D-OH
- David Meekison D-OH
- Seth W. Brown R-OH
- Fremont Orestes Phillips R-OH
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Horace Billings Packer R-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
- Samuel Arza Davenport R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Charles Edward Snodgrass 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
- John Levi Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Rudolph Kleberg D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Marion De Vries D-CA
- Samuel Davis Woods R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- 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
- Thomas Hedge R-IA
- Joseph Reed Lane R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson 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
- Robert Walter Miers D-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
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Willis Joshua Bailey R-KS
- Henry Dixon Allen D-KY
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- June Ward Gayle D-KY
- George Gilmore Gilbert D-KY
- Samuel Johnson Pugh R-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
- 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
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Samuel William 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
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Robert Page Walter Morris R-MN
- Frank Marion Eddy R-MN
- Charles Fremont Cochran D-MO
- William Strother Cowherd D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford 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
- George Henry White R-NC
- John Wilbur Atwater O-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- John Dillard Bellamy D-NC
- Richmond Pearson R-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- John Seaton Robinson D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Gay Clarke R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager 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
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- Edmund Hope Driggs D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- William Astor Chanler D-NY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. 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
- Stephen Morgan 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
- Thomas H. Tongue R-OR
- 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
- Henry Dickinson Green D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- William Connell R-PA
- Stanley Woodward Davenport D-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
- James Knox Polk Hall D-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Stanyarne Wilson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Norton D-SC
- James William Stokes D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey 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
- John Lamb 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.