House roll call 297 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
To pass over veto of President, S. 183, regarding the claim of thomas s. Hopkins.
On Mar 3, 1887, the House voted 153–95 (S 183). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–95, Republicans 121–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 153
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 95 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans121 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- 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
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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 Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- 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
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- 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
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Little 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
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-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
- William Darrah Kelley R-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
- 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
- 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
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick 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
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green 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
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-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
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones 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
- George Douglas Wise D-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
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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