House roll call 14 · 50th Congress · Jan 18, 1888
To consider H. R. 1733. (p. 562-1)
On Jan 18, 1888, the House voted 151–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 105–12, Democrats 45–44, Others 0–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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
- 151
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 120
- Date
- Jan 18, 1888
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 44 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Republicans105 yes · 12 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted no
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted no
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted no
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted no
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- William Warner R-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted no
- Frederick George Barry D-MS voted no
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- John Randolph Neal D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- James Phelan D-TN voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason 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
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. 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
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey 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
- 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
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand 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
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson 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
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- John Lind R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- 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
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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