House roll call 201 · 50th Congress · Sep 17, 1888
To adjourn. (p. 8664-1)
On Sep 17, 1888, the House voted 37–92. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–36, Republicans 10–51, Others 0–4, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 37 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
- 37
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 199
- Date
- Sep 17, 1888
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 36 no · 105 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 51 no · 93 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted yes
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Charles Dougherty D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA voted yes
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA voted yes
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA voted yes
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted yes
- Polk Laffoon D-KY voted yes
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted yes
- Frederick George Barry D-MS voted yes
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY voted yes
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA voted yes
- William Elliott D-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted yes
- William Harrison Martin D-TX voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- Silas Hare D-TX voted yes
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted yes
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- 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
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes 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
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-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
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs 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
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest 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
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- 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
- 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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell 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 Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles 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
- 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
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney 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
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins 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
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-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
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-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
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- 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
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart 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
- 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
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas 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.