House roll call 47 · 49th Congress · Apr 8, 1886
To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 5690, providing for the free coinage of silver.
On Apr 8, 1886, the House voted 126–163 (HR 5690). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 95–69, Republicans 30–93, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 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
- 126
- No
- 163
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Apr 8, 1886
By party
- Democrats95 yes · 69 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 93 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 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
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted no
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA voted yes
- William W. Morrow R-CA voted yes
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA voted yes
- George Gifford Symes R-CO voted yes
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted no
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted no
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted no
- James Hugh Ward D-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Plumb R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted yes
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Lewis Hanback R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted no
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted no
- William Hinson Cole D-MD voted no
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted yes
- John Milton Glover D-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- William Woodburn R-NV voted yes
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted no
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted no
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted no
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY voted no
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted no
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted no
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted no
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
And 19 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-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
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- 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
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor 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
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn 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
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- William Thompson Price 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
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-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
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Edward James Gay 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
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-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
- 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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-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
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- 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
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller 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
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Lewis Beach 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
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport 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
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson 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
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-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
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-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
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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