House roll call 33 · 49th Congress · Mar 22, 1886
To pass S. 812 (24 stat 687, app 4/5/86), granting a pension of $150 to MRS. E. A. Benham.
On Mar 22, 1886, the House voted 91–100 (S 812). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–81, Republicans 70–17, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 91
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 142
- Date
- Mar 22, 1886
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 81 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Republicans70 yes · 17 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Ralph Plumb R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted no
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- James O'Donnell R-MI voted no
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY voted yes
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Romeis R-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele 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
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-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
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-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 Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine 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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton 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
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Charles Carter Comstock 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
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 812 (24 stat 687, app 4/5/86)…: House Vote, Mar 22, 1886,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-H-33/to-pass-s-812-24-stat-687-app-4 (accessed 2026-10-17).