House roll call 228 · 50th Congress · Jan 5, 1889
To order the previous question on the resolution, relating to the calling of the states and territories, no quorum voting. (p. 564-1)
On Jan 5, 1889, the House voted 98–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–7, Democrats 27–13, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 98
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 210
- Date
- Jan 5, 1889
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 13 no · 128 didn’t vote
- Republicans68 yes · 7 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Thomas Wilson D-MN voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC voted no
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted no
- Norman Hall D-PA voted no
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC voted no
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted no
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long 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
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- 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
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- George West R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- 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
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Norman Hall D-PA
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb 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
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- 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
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-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
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins 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
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge 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 Daniel Hayden R-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
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-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 Ferris Booher D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-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
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- John Albert Mcshane D-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- 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
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-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
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-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
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Smedley Darlington 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
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Thompson Maffett R-PA
- William Lawrence Scott D-PA
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman 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
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
- Silas Hare D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers 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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