To order the previous question on a resolution limiting debate to ten minutes on an act to amend an act entitled, "an act to establish a bureau of animal indust

On Feb 3, 1887, the House voted 174–57 (HR 7208). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 75–51, Republicans 98–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 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: 174
No: 57
Did not vote: 102
Date: Feb 3, 1887

By party

Democrats75 yes · 51 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans98 yes · 6 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
Jonas George Howard D-IN voted no
William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA voted no
Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
John Floyd King D-LA voted no
Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted no
Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
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
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
John Joseph Adams D-NY voted no
Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Henry Sowden D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
William Hayne Perry D-SC voted no
John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
John Randolph Neal D-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
John May Taylor D-TN voted no
James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
Thomas Croxton D-VA voted no
George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Henry Forney D-AL
Joseph Wheeler D-AL
Poindexter Dunn 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
John Turner Wait R-CT
Charles Brown Lore D-DE
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
Charles Dougherty D-FL
Benton Jay Hall D-IA
Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
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
Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
Frank Lawler D-IL
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
Ralph Plumb 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
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
John Rice Eden D-IL
William Ralls Morrison D-IL
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
John Robert Thomas R-IL
John Jay Kleiner D-IN
William Steele Holman D-IN
William Dallas Bynum D-IN
James Thomas Johnston R-IN
William Dale Owen R-IN
George Washington Steele R-IN
George Ford D-IN
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
James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
William Preston Taulbee D-KY
Edward James Gay D-LA
Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
John Davis Long R-MA
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
Frederick David Ely R-MA
William Whitney Rice R-MA
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
Barnes Compton D-MD
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
William Cotter Maybury D-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
Milo White R-MN
Horace Burton Strait R-MN
John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
Knute Nelson R-MN
William Henry Hatch D-MO
James Nelson Burnes D-MO
William Warner R-MO
John Taddeus Heard D-MO
John Edward Hutton 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
Frederick George Barry D-MS
Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
James Laird R-NE
George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
George Hires R-NJ
James Buchanan R-NJ
James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
Felix Campbell D-NY
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
Nicholas Muller D-NY
Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
George West R-NY
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
Sereno Elisha Payne 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
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
William David Hill D-OH
George Ebbert Seney 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
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
George Washington Geddes 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
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
James Bowen Everhart R-PA
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
Franklin Bound R-PA
William Wallace Brown R-PA
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
John Augustus Swope D-PA
Andrew Gregg Curtin 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
Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
James Daniel Richardson D-TN
Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
Zachary Taylor R-TN
David Browning Culberson 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
James Dennis Brady R-VA
George Craighead Cabell D-VA
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
Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Nathan Goff R-WV
William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Charles Philip Snyder D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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