House roll call 249 · 49th Congress · Jan 27, 1887
To pass H.R. 10419, regarding river and harbor appropriations.
On Jan 27, 1887, the House voted 154–95 (HR 10419). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 103–33, Republicans 52–60, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 85 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
- 154
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Jan 27, 1887
By party
- Democrats103 yes · 33 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans52 yes · 60 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted yes
- William W. Morrow R-CA voted yes
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted yes
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA voted yes
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted yes
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted no
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted no
- George Ford D-IN voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Lewis Hanback R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted no
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted yes
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted yes
- Frederick David Ely R-MA voted yes
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted yes
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI voted yes
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted yes
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted no
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted no
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- William Woodburn R-NV voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted no
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted yes
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted yes
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY voted yes
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH voted yes
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH voted no
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted yes
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH voted yes
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted no
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA voted yes
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted yes
- Harry Libbey R-VA voted yes
And 5 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae 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
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- 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
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- 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
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- 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
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- 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
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill 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 Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-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
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 10419, regarding river and…: House Vote, Jan 27, 1887,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-H-249/to-pass-h-r-10419-regarding-river-and-harbor (accessed 2026-10-17).