House roll call 227 · 50th Congress · Jan 4, 1889
To order the previous question on the resolution, relating to the calling of the states and territories, no quorum voting. (p. 544-2)
On Jan 4, 1889, the House voted 106–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 73–6, Democrats 30–15, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 106
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 201
- Date
- Jan 4, 1889
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 15 no · 123 didn’t vote
- Republicans73 yes · 6 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- John Brown Penington D-DE voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- John Logan Chipman D-MI voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- Silas Hare D-TX voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- 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
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Edward Daniel Hayden R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Charles Herbert Allen R-MA
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- 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
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-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
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-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
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- John Lind R-MN
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Nils Pederson Haugen 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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood 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
- 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
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-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
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Edward Burnett 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
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton 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
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston 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 Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- Charles Tracey 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
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-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
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- Norman Hall D-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold 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
- William Elliott D-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Randolph Neal D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- 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
- 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
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Charles Edgar Hogg D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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