House roll call 187 · 50th Congress · Aug 25, 1888
To adjourn. (p. 7961-2)
On Aug 25, 1888, the House voted 64–66. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–44, Republicans 41–19, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 64
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 198
- Date
- Aug 25, 1888
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 44 no · 103 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 19 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- William Vandever R-CA voted no
- Carlos French D-CT voted yes
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY voted no
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Crouse R-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA voted no
- Edward Scull R-PA voted no
- Norman Hall D-PA voted yes
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Kean R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Vandever R-CA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn 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
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins 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
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting 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
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken 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
- 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
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings 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
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-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
- Amos Jay Cummings 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
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown 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 Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham 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
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- 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
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-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.