House roll call 63 · 49th Congress · May 5, 1886
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of H.R. 7895.
On May 5, 1886, the House voted 47–84. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 35–36, Republicans 10–48, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 45 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
- 47
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 202
- Date
- May 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 36 no · 117 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 48 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL voted yes
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- John Davis Long R-MA voted yes
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA voted yes
- William Whiting R-MA voted yes
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted yes
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John May Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Zachary Taylor R-TN voted yes
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted yes
- James Dennis Brady R-VA voted yes
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted yes
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Franklin Bound 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
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- William Thompson Price R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Benjamin Todd Frederick D-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell 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
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-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
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice 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
- 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
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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