House roll call 137 · 50th Congress · Apr 24, 1888
To recess until 8 p.m. (p. 3317-1)
On Apr 24, 1888, the House voted 131–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 104–0, Republicans 24–13, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 131
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 184
- Date
- Apr 24, 1888
By party
- Democrats104 yes · 0 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 13 no · 117 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN voted no
- James Bain White R-IN voted no
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY voted no
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted no
- Milton De Lano R-NY voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- William Embre Gaines R-VA voted no
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead 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
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-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
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- George West R-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
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- 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
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew 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
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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