House roll call 222 · 50th Congress · Jan 3, 1889
To adjourn.
On Jan 3, 1889, the House voted 59–109. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–67, Democrats 42–40, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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
- 59
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 160
- Date
- Jan 3, 1889
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 40 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 67 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA voted yes
- William Vandever R-CA voted yes
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- William Johnson Stone D-KY voted no
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- Barnes Compton D-MD voted no
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted no
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN voted no
- Edmund Rice D-MN voted no
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- James Peter Walker D-MO voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- William Woodburn R-NV voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA voted yes
- Franklin Bound R-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted yes
- Norman Hall D-PA voted no
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted yes
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI voted yes
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- William Elijah Fuller R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- William Elliott D-SC
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- James Baird Weaver O-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- William Ernest Mason 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 Harrison Gest R-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
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Smith O-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount 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
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-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
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James O'Donnell 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
- William Henry Hatch 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-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
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce 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
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt 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 Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-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
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott 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
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson 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.