House roll call 13 · 49th Congress · Jan 27, 1886
To table H. R. 339 authorizing the voluntary retirement of certain officers of the United States navy who have served 30 years in the navy.
On Jan 27, 1886, the House voted 105–156 (HR 339). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 97–47, Republicans 7–108, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 105
- No
- 156
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Jan 27, 1886
By party
- Democrats97 yes · 47 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 108 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted no
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted no
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted no
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
- John Floyd King D-LA voted no
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted no
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted no
- William Hinson Cole D-MD voted no
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted no
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
- John Milton Glover D-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted no
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY voted no
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted no
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA voted no
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted no
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted no
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- 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
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-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
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
Did not vote
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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