House roll call 50 · 49th Congress · Apr 19, 1886
To suspend the rules and pass a house resolution providing for the acceptance by the United States of the proposed its appurtenances from the state of ill., and
On Apr 19, 1886, the House voted 115–101. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–85, Republicans 79–16, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 115
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Apr 19, 1886
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 85 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Republicans79 yes · 16 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted yes
- John Mason Martin D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted yes
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted no
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Frederick George Barry D-MS voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Little R-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA voted no
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted no
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted yes
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- 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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-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
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon 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
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker 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
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-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
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- 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
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-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
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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