House roll call 152 · 50th Congress · Jul 5, 1888
To amend S. 1430, a bill to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes, by prov
On Jul 5, 1888, the House voted 60–106 (S 1430). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 53–40, Republicans 7–71, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 60
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 154
- Date
- Jul 5, 1888
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 40 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 71 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates 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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted no
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI voted no
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted no
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN voted no
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted no
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- James Laird R-NE voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted yes
- Norman Hall D-PA voted no
- William Elliott D-SC voted no
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- John David Stewart D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis 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
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- 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
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney 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
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker 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
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Henry Crain 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
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1430, a bill to forfeit certain…: House Vote, Jul 5, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-H-152/to-amend-s-1430-a-bill-to-forfeit-certain (accessed 2026-10-17).