House roll call 213 · 49th Congress · Dec 17, 1886
To recommit to the committee on war claims H.R. 5194, a bill directing the quartermaster general to settle with the MC minnville and manchester railroad company
On Dec 17, 1886, the House voted 101–131 (HR 5194). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–75, Republicans 44–56, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 100 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
- 101
- No
- 131
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Dec 17, 1886
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 75 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 56 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted yes
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- George Ford D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted yes
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted yes
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
- James Laird R-NE voted yes
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Darwin Rush James R-NY voted yes
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bacon D-NY voted yes
- John Swinburne R-NY voted yes
- George West R-NY voted yes
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- Ira Davenport R-NY voted yes
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
And 20 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- 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
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson 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
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-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
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty 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
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- 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
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-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
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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