House roll call 204 · 49th Congress · Dec 7, 1886
To pass S. 1424 (24 stat 351, app 12/20/1886), for the relief of graduates of the United States military academy.
On Dec 7, 1886, the House voted 140–87 (S 1424). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–82, Republicans 99–4, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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
- 140
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Dec 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 82 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans99 yes · 4 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Lyman R-IA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted yes
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bacon D-NY voted yes
- George West R-NY voted no
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted yes
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Croxton D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA 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
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston 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
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw 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
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- 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
- George Hires R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock 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
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson 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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth 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
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs 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
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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