House roll call 230 · 49th Congress · Jan 15, 1887
To resolve into the committee of the whole on the state of the union for the consideration of the bills reported from the committee on agriculture.
On Jan 15, 1887, the House voted 104–130. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–93, Republicans 64–38, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 78 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
- 104
- No
- 130
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Jan 15, 1887
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 93 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 38 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- William W. Morrow R-CA voted no
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted yes
- James Hugh Ward D-IL voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted yes
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted no
- Lewis Hanback R-KS voted no
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
- John Davis Long R-MA voted no
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted yes
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted yes
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- William Woodburn R-NV voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bacon D-NY voted yes
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY voted no
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH voted no
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- William Craig Cooper R-OH voted no
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted no
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA voted no
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA voted yes
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted yes
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted no
- Harry Libbey R-VA voted no
- James Dennis Brady R-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI voted no
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- David Bremner Henderson R-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
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-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
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait 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
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-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
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin 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
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- 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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- 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
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman 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
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine 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
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills 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
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams 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
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Little R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- William Thompson 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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