House roll call 2 · 50th Congress · Dec 19, 1887
To order the previous question on the house resolution regarding the french spoliation claims, a resolution which provides that the reports of courts of claims
On Dec 19, 1887, the House voted 163–83. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–72, Republicans 104–8, Others 2–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 163
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Dec 19, 1887
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 72 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Republicans104 yes · 8 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Jonas George Howard D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted yes
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted yes
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Edward Burnett D-MA voted yes
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD voted yes
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted yes
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted yes
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS voted yes
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted yes
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY voted yes
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted no
- John Lynch D-PA voted yes
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted no
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA voted no
- Norman Hall D-PA voted yes
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted yes
- William Hayne Perry D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- William Elliott D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted yes
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted yes
- James Phelan D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- Silas Hare D-TX voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw 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
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- 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
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy 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
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- 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
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Hires R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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