House roll call 251 · 49th Congress · Jan 27, 1887
To recess until 11 a.m. Tomorrow, motion made during debate on H.R. 8976.
On Jan 27, 1887, the House voted 161–43. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 69–35, Republicans 90–8, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 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
- 161
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 129
- Date
- Jan 27, 1887
By party
- Democrats69 yes · 35 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans90 yes · 8 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted no
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Ford D-IN voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted no
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- John May Taylor D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted no
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- 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
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- 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
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry 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
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- 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
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- 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
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-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
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-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
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner 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
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John May Taylor D-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
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney 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
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott 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
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-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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