House roll call 215 · 50th Congress · Dec 4, 1888
To concur in an amendment to S. 449 which provides for nullifying the section of the bill which designates the place where the monument is to be erected and ins
On Dec 4, 1888, the House voted 47–70 (S 449). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–62, Democrats 41–6, Others 2–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 47
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 211
- Date
- Dec 4, 1888
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 6 no · 121 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 62 no · 88 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted yes
- William Harrison Gest R-IL voted yes
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY voted no
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI voted yes
- John Edward Hutton D-MO voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- William Elliott D-SC
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- William Harrison Martin 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
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- John Nichols I-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Jacob Yost R-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-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
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- James Bain White 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
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-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
- 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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-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
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss 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
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber 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
- William Grant Laidlaw 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
- 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
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton 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
- 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore 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 Douglas Wise D-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry Bowen R-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Henry Smith O-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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