House roll call 129 · 49th Congress · Jul 9, 1886
To amend H.R. 9726 (24 stat 256, app 8/4/86), a bill making appropriations for fiscal 1886, by providing for appropriation of funds to cover damages by the over
On Jul 9, 1886, the House voted 153–81 (HR 9726). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–79, Republicans 106–2, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 153
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 99
- Date
- Jul 9, 1886
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 79 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Republicans106 yes · 2 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI voted yes
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted yes
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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