House roll call 6 · 49th Congress · Jan 15, 1886
To amend S. 471 (24 stat 1, app 1/19/86), a bill to provide for the performance of the duties of the President in case of the removal, death, resignation or ina
On Jan 15, 1886, the House voted 112–153 (S 471). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–144, Republicans 110–9, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 13 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
- 112
- No
- 153
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Jan 15, 1886
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 144 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Republicans110 yes · 9 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL voted yes
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Frederick David Ely R-MA voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Eustace Gibson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- 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
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Archibald Jerard Weaver 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
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson 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
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates 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
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- 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
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- 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
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- 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
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- James Bright Morgan 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
- Wharton Jackson Green 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
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell 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 Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- 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 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 Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd 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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