House roll call 80 · 49th Congress · May 17, 1886
To suspend the rules and pass the resolution that june 3 be set apart for business as may be presented by committee on labor, this order not to interfere with g
On May 17, 1886, the House voted 198–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 106–20, Republicans 90–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 198
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- May 17, 1886
By party
- Democrats106 yes · 20 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans90 yes · 0 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- John Mason Martin D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- 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
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-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
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- 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
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-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
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- 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
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Robert Stockton Green D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- John Swinburne R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- 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
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- George Washington Fleeger R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson 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
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Abraham Dowdney D-NY
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Michael Hahn R-LA
- Nathaniel Dick Wallace D-LA
- John Floyd King 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
- Frederick David Ely R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- John Bachop Gilfillan R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Egbert Ludoricus Viele D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Alexander Colwell White R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
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