House roll call 235 · 50th Congress · Jan 7, 1889
To adjourn. (p. 172-1)
On Jan 7, 1889, the House voted 72–125. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–96, Democrats 68–26, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 72
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Jan 7, 1889
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 26 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 96 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN voted no
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN voted no
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted no
- John Edwards Russell D-MA voted no
- Isidor Rayner D-MD voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- 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
- William Joel Stone D-MO voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Alfred Rowland D-NC voted no
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted no
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY voted no
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY voted no
- Charles Tracey D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH voted no
- William Henry Sowden D-PA voted no
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Polk Laffoon D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- William Preston Taulbee D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton D-LA
- Edward Burnett D-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Frederick George Barry D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Thomas Richard Hudd D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Elijah Fuller 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
- George Everett Adams 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 Harrison Gest R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson 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
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- Ira Davenport R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John Baptiste Weber R-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- Jacob Romeis R-OH
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley 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
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- William Henry Sowden D-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Henry Smith O-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Carlos French D-CT
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Silas Zephaniah Landes 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
- James Bain White R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- George Morgan Thomas R-KY
- 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
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Timothy Edward Tarsney D-MI
- Spencer Oliver Fisher D-MI
- Seth Crittenden Moffatt R-MI
- John Lewis Macdonald D-MN
- William Henry Hatch 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
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Nichols I-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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Nelson Pidcock D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- John Andrew Hiestand R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Lynch D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne 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
- 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- George Douglas Wise 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
- 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.