House roll call 306 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
To pass over the veto of the President, S. 763 providing for the erection of a public building at sioux city, iowa, to accomodate the U.S. District courts.
On Mar 3, 1887, the House voted 107–77 (S 763). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–76, Republicans 88–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 107
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 149
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 76 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 0 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck 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
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-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
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- 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
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther 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 Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry 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
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell 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
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson 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
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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