House roll call 14 · 49th Congress · Jan 27, 1886
To amend H.R. 392 (24 stat 14, app 7/10/86), an act declaring forfeited certain grants of lands made to certain states in aid of the construction of railroads,
On Jan 27, 1886, the House voted 83–179 (HR 392). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 35–111, Republicans 48–66, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 83 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
- 83
- No
- 179
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Jan 27, 1886
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 111 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 66 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA voted yes
- George Gifford Symes R-CO voted yes
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Lewis Hanback R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY voted yes
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted yes
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA voted yes
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted yes
- William Whiting R-MA voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI voted yes
- Milo White R-MN voted yes
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN voted yes
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Frederick George Barry D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY voted yes
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted yes
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted yes
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- John Little R-OH voted yes
- William Craig Cooper R-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA voted yes
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted yes
- William Almy Pirce R-RI voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
And 3 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-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
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy 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
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell 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
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-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
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-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
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-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 Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion 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
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 392 (24 stat 14, app 7/10/86)…: House Vote, Jan 27, 1886,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-H-14/to-amend-h-r-392-24-stat-14-app (accessed 2026-10-17).