House roll call 194 · 50th Congress · Sep 3, 1888
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H. R. 10614. (p. 8235-1)
On Sep 3, 1888, the House voted 49–101 (HR 10614). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–53, Republicans 11–44, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 49 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
- 49
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 178
- Date
- Sep 3, 1888
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 53 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 44 no · 99 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted yes
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- John David Stewart D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted yes
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted yes
- George Hires R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Bacon D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY voted yes
- Norman Hall D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- William Elliott D-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Silas Hare D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood 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
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-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
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele 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
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-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
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner 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
- James O'Donnell 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
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar 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 Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-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
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne 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
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Charles Stewart 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
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-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
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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