House roll call 170 · 49th Congress · Jul 24, 1886
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 9117, an act to forfeit certain lands granted to the mobile and girard railroad company.
On Jul 24, 1886, the House voted 23–109. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–64, Republicans 3–44, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 23
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 201
- Date
- Jul 24, 1886
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 64 no · 104 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 44 no · 96 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted yes
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA voted yes
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William David Hill D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- William Thompson Price R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-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
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-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 May Taylor D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen 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
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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