House roll call 238 · 50th Congress · Jan 8, 1889
To fix the day to which the house shall adjourn, to the effect that when the house adjourns, it be to meet on thursday 1/10/89. (p. 573-3)
On Jan 8, 1889, the House voted 8–159. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–91, Democrats 6–64, Others 0–3, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 8
- No
- 159
- Did not vote
- 161
- Date
- Jan 8, 1889
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 64 no · 98 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 91 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Alburtus Anderson D-IL voted yes
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- John Lind R-MN voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN voted yes
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Alexander Caldwell Davidson D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas Larkin Thompson D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Robert Johnstone Vance D-CT
- Carlos French D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John David Stewart D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Ralph Plumb 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
- Alvin Peterson Hovey R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- James Thomas Johnston R-IN
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle 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
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-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
- Frank Thomas Shaw D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Henry William Seymour R-MI
- Thomas Wilson D-MN
- Edmund Rice D-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- John Edward Hutton D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- John Nichols I-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- Thomas Dillard Johnston D-NC
- Luther Franklin Mckinney D-NH
- George Hires R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- George West R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- David Wilber 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
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Charles Elwood Brown R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Craig Cooper 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
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- George Washington Crouse R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Robert Morris Yardley 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
- Welty Mccullogh R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson R-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Presley Thornton Glass D-TN
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- William Embre Gaines R-VA
- John Robert Brown R-VA
- Samuel Isaac Hopkins O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- George Gifford Symes R-CO
- Miles Tobey Granger D-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Charles Dougherty D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes 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
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Albert Raney Anderson O-IA
- Joseph Lyman R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Francis Blackburn Posey R-IN
- Jonas George Howard D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- James Bain White R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson O-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Polk Laffoon D-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
- Matthew Diamond Lagan D-LA
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cherubusco Newton 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
- John Edwards Russell D-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Melbourne Haddock Ford D-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- 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 Taddeus Heard D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Milton Glover D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- John Mills Allen 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
- 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 Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Woodburn R-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Stephen Van Culen White R-NY
- Peter Paul Mahoney D-NY
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Truman Adams Merriman D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch R-NY
- Henry Bacon D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Tyng Hopkins R-NY
- Edward Whitford Greenman D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill 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
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Franklin Bound R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- John Patton 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- Silas Hare 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
- 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
- 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.
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