House roll call 87 · 49th Congress · May 26, 1886
To order the previous question on a resolution providing that the house resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the state of the union for further con
On May 26, 1886, the House voted 183–31. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 78–32, Republicans 105–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 183
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 116
- Date
- May 26, 1886
By party
- Democrats78 yes · 32 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Republicans105 yes · 1 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted no
- Frank Lawler D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted no
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY voted no
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA voted no
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted no
- Eustace Gibson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas William Sadler D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- 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
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- James Hugh Ward D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Robert Lowry 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
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-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
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Carter Comstock D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- John Blackwell Hale D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Dawson D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- 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
- 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
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- James Girard Lindsley R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Marley Anderson D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- William Wallace Ellsberry D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-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
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-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
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Zachary Taylor R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Harry Libbey R-VA
- James Dennis Brady R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth R-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Alfred Briggs Irion D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- James Alexander Louttit R-CA
- Henry Harrison Markham R-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Benton Jay Hall D-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- George Ford D-IN
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge 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
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- William Hinson Cole D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- 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
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Joseph Pulitzer D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman O-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
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- John Little R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Isaac Hamilton Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Almy Pirce R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Thomas Croxton D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Connally Findlay Trigg D-VA
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Hugh Hiram Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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