House roll call 150 · 50th Congress · Jun 27, 1888
To amend H. R. 7901, a bill securing to actual settlers the public lands adapted to agriculture, and to protect the forests on the public domain and for other p
On Jun 27, 1888, the House voted 131–38 (HR 7901). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 77–20, Republicans 48–19, Others 5–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 39 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
- 38
- Did not vote
- 158
- Date
- Jun 27, 1888
By party
- Democrats77 yes · 20 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 19 no · 87 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted no
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted no
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted no
- William W. Morrow R-CA voted no
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Joseph Lyman R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Ralph Plumb R-IL voted no
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted no
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE voted no
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY voted no
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted no
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Smedley Darlington R-PA voted no
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA voted no
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Vandever R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry 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
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- 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
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb 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
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger 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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson 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
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- George West R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-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
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
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