House roll call 113 · 50th Congress · Apr 10, 1888
To adopt a house resolution providing that the sergeantat-arms take into custody and bring to the bar of the house such members as are absent without leave of t
On Apr 10, 1888, the House voted 139–38. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 106–2, Democrats 30–36, Others 2–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 139
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 151
- Date
- Apr 10, 1888
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 36 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Republicans106 yes · 2 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- Henry William Seymour R-MI voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted yes
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC voted yes
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY voted yes
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY voted yes
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY voted yes
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted yes
- Levi Maish D-PA voted yes
- Norman Hall D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- William Elliott D-SC voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Philip Snyder 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
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger 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
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher 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
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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