House roll call 197 · 50th Congress · Sep 12, 1888
To resolve into committee of whole house for consideration of H. R. 10614, no quorum voting. (p. 8555-1)
On Sep 12, 1888, the House voted 104–26 (HR 10614). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 55–17, Republicans 44–9, Others 5–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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
- 104
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 197
- Date
- Sep 12, 1888
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 17 no · 96 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 9 no · 101 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted no
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted no
- William Dale Owen R-IN voted no
- Henry William Seymour R-MI voted no
- James Bright Morgan D-MS voted no
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted no
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted no
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY voted no
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY voted no
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
- Norman Hall D-PA voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- John David Stewart D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson 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
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-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
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton 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
- 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
- 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
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur 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
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- 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
- Felix Campbell D-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
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey 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
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder 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
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-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
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown 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
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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