House roll call 41 · 49th Congress · Apr 2, 1886
To consider H.R. 7479, a bill to aid in the speedy settlement by controversies between common carriers engaged in interstate transportation, and their employees
On Apr 2, 1886, the House voted 155–71 (HR 7479). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 77–50, Republicans 78–23, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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
- 155
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Apr 2, 1886
By party
- Democrats77 yes · 50 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 23 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL voted no
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted no
- Joseph Lyman R-IA voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY voted no
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted no
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
- Milo White R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted no
- John Milton Glover D-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ voted no
- William Woodburn R-NV voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted no
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted no
- John Little R-OH voted no
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted no
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted no
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- 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
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-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
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- 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
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Thompson Price R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley 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
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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